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  1. A student project that worked! by lecithin · · Score: 1 · on Cubesat Launch Ends in Failure

    See project Starshine:

    http://www.azinet.com/starshine/

  2. jeez. by deglr6328 · · Score: 0, Offtopic · on Space Shuttle Endeavour Launches (at last)

    blech, that first picture on the "starshine 2" link is more startling than goatse.cx.

  3. Re:Why Alaska? by Chagrin · · Score: 3, Informative · on Launch Attempt for Kodiak Star Tonight
    • So, if I read this properly, the remoteness of the location is a bonus for expendable vehicles which may drop parts.
    You're thinking two-dimensionally -- you need to take into account that the rocket will take an orbital path around a spinning object.

    Take a gander at the flight path of the rocket and you'll see what areas of the planet will be passed over. It flies down the Pacific coast, around the southern tip of South America, and then back up and around the east coast of Africa. From there it does fly over the continent of Russia before continuing down over the middle of the Pacific, but of course any problems with the launch are going to be far past at that point. You really couldn't hope for a better flight path.

  4. cool picture & more info by dbolger · · Score: 1 · on Alaskan Space Port Prepares for First Launch

    There's a picture of the Starshine 3 sattelite at the AziNet site.
    Also, information on tracking both satellites is here at the NASA Starshine Observers page.

  5. cool picture & more info by dbolger · · Score: 1 · on Alaskan Space Port Prepares for First Launch

    There's a picture of the Starshine 3 sattelite at the AziNet site.
    Also, information on tracking both satellites is here at the NASA Starshine Observers page.

  6. More information by Gogo+Dodo · · Score: 4, Informative · on Budget Satellite
    The article didn't provide any external links or even program names. So...

    • The satellite is called PCsat (Prototype Communications Satellite, went cheap on the name, too, I guess)
    • Information on the Kodiak Launch Complex
    • Information on Starshine III, the "1,500 hand-polished mirrors that will study orbital decay" satellite