William Thompson schreef op 10-12-2014 11:12: > The cartoon of the woman--the lower part of her skirt is gray, > beneath that line, and flares out to form ridges and valleys. > Plus, her trident has that magical flame and her eyes glow. > To me, this image suggests two things: > > 1: This is a radarsat that can detect submarines. > > 2: The people at the NRO read too many comic books. > > If the idea is to detect submerged submarines, especially > SSBNs, then the satellite would probably be destined for > a polar orbit. (Tracking missile subs might explain the > earth-sky-fire symbols that Marco Langbroek identified. Earth-sky-fire simply refers to the rocket I think. From earth to sky using fire. Flames winding a trident has been used earlier in patches, e.g. the NROL-49 launch patch (which also has a somewhat devilish theme). It might refer to a three-stage rocket. There is a recurrent theme of comic-hero-styled women in launch patches lately (and female names for rockets). So I don't think it refers to the mission, but rather to the rocket. - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam_at_langbroek.org Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL Cospar 4355 (Cronesteyn): 52.13878 N, 4.49937 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com Twitter: _at_Marco_Langbroek PGP key: http://tinyurl.com/kur7xm8 ----- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Wed Dec 10 2014 - 06:27:15 UTC
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