Minotaur escapes the maze

Last Tuesday night, Orbital launched a Minotaur rocket with 29 cubesats aboard. It seems everything went well. But perhaps just showing different pictures of the Minotaur’s ascent will be of interest to you–images like the one above? So here you go–the Washington Post has them all nice and posted for you. This launch is also […]

Why Space Really Matters: following the Haiyan Super Typhoon

The NBCNews.com website posted an article with a few pictures taken from different satellites of the Haiyan Super Typhoon. And the Washington Post has managed to one-up NBC News with a lot more typhoon images from more satellites. Such images are helping thousands of people. There’s a lot of information out there regarding this typhoon, […]

Satellites and terrorists

Okay, now that I’ve recovered from my previous aside and post of old information, here’s something that shouldn’t be too surprising to anyone paying attention. According to this article from the Washington Post, satellites of all sorts were used to help find and monitor Osama Bin Laden. Some SIGINT (Signals Intelligence) here, a little IMINT […]