US Spy Satellite Launches Into Space Along with 13 Tiny Cubesats

by Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer

An American spy satellite and 13 tiny “cubesats” shared a rocket ride to orbit this morning, lighting up the predawn sky over their California launchpad.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket blasted off today (Oct. 8) from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base at 5:49 a.m. EDT (0949 GMT; 8:49 a.m. local California time), lofting the secret NROL-55 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the agency that operates the United States’ spy satellites. You can watch a video replay of the dazzling rocket launch here.

Read More: Link

Recent Posts

RPi3 image for SDRplay

November 19, 2018 No comments

SDRplay “This release (V0.4) is a complete image for the Raspberry Pi 3 with a range of pre-built applications for SDRplay devices. Please note... Read more

ARES Helps Iowa Water Utility to Resolve RFI Issue

March 26, 2019 No comments

Des Moines (Iowa) Water Works (DMWW) uses secure radiotelemetry to monitor various remote-site parameters to alert staff to problems. Earlier this yea... Read more

Neil Carleton, VE3NCE, Named to Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame

December 16, 2018 No comments

Neil Carleton, VE3NCE, of Almonte, Ontario, has been named to the Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) says the honor r... Read more

ARRL Field Day Deemed a Hit; Entries Due by July 23!

June 26, 2019 No comments

ARRL Field Day isn’t over until participants take that final step of submitting their logs. By Tuesday, June 25, more than 1,300 had done so. The pref... Read more

More than 200 US Stations Signed Up for Scouting’s Jamboree on the Air

September 28, 2016 No comments

Photos : K2BSA So far, 219 US stations have registered to take part in Scouting’s 2016 Jamboree on the Air (JOTA), which will take place October 14-16... Read more

BURST 2000A – HF power amplifier

November 26, 2018 No comments

Technical characteristics of HF power amplifier BURST-2000A 2200 W PEP output power (SSB and CW) All HF bands, including WARC bands and 6 meters Rated... Read more

Antenna Rotators “ARRL The Doctor is In” podcast. Listen…and learn!

August 02, 2018 No comments

 “Antenna Rotators” is the topic of the new (August 2) episode of the “ARRL The Doctor is In” podcast. Listen…and learn! Sponsored by DX Engine... Read more

ARRL – Teachers Institute Overview [ Video ]

March 07, 2017 No comments

An Introduction to the ARRL Teacher’s Institute on Wireless Technology. Part of ARRL’s educational outreach to schools through our Educati... Read more

ANAN-7000DLE 100W HF & 6M Transceiver

July 16, 2017 No comments

The ANAN-7000DLE HF & 6M 100W SDR Transceiver offers top of the line performance is a compact rugged package, it is based on the work of the OpenH... Read more

Wizkers:Radio APP

May 27, 2016 No comments

Wizkers:Radio is a controller for various Amateur Radio equipments. At the moment, it supports several Elecraft radios and amplifiers, as well as the... Read more

SmartSDR v1.10.8 BETA Now Available for Download

December 05, 2016 No comments

FlexRadio Systems announces the immediate availability of SmartSDR v1.10.8 BETA for the FLEX-6000 Signature Series SDRs.  SmartSDR v1.10.8 is a BETA r... Read more

STEVE ANDREW’S SPECTRUM ANALYSER SOFTWARE

March 21, 2019 No comments

“We are pleased to announce the availability of V1.0a of the Spectrum Analyser software developed by Steve Andrew specifically for the RSP line... Read more

The Sun Celebrates Cinco de Mayo: Solar Storm Forecast 05-10-2018

May 10, 2018 No comments

“Space Weather begins to calm down this week as we move through the latter part of a fast solar wind stream. This fast wind brought us a moderat... Read more

What is Echolink? Ham Radio 2.0: Episode 56

September 01, 2016 No comments

Mark Goodrum, W5MHG, discusses Echolink for Ham Radio at the Duke City Hamfest Read more

SunSDR2 PRO

May 17, 2015 No comments

  The brand new SunSDR2 PRO transceiver is a modern SDR transceiver developed with contesting and DXing in mind. It covers all HF bands plus 50 M... Read more