** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **

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Oh yeah I forgot people believe whatever rubbish the media spews out.

A probably non-functional imaging satellite from a country that doesn't have the tech to produce anything more than an average a bomb.

Clearly a huge threat.

I have always felt that their aim has been to develop an enhanced radiation bomb (Neutron Bomb)

If this has indeed been their aim, then the yields achieved by their tests so far are not duds, they are actually right on the Money

(A very low yield subKt fission device, more recently a sub 10Kt fusion boosted device!)

This would not be much of a threat to the rest of the world, but it would make a great deal of sense if the intention was to achieve the long term aim of conquering the South and "Reuniting" the Korean peninsular.
 
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Fifteen months after Philae landed on a comet the lander is now facing eternal hibernation:


Kind of a bit disappointed that it didn't work out as the whole thing looked pretty promising when it first landed. At least it's proven the tech is fairly sound for getting there, few tweaks to the harpoon mechanism and the next one will no doubt be a success
 
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Man at work. Tim Peake working with the Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer:


The freezer is used to store samples until they are returned to Earth for analysis.
 
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Going back a few days to the Sentinel-3 launch amid the northern lights:


The footage, which was taken from Karigasniemi in northern Finland, shows Sentinel-3A’s rocket and either what could be the jettisoned first or second stage of the rocket following behind. Sentinel-3A was launched from Plesetsk in Russia 1000 km away at 17:57 GMT (18:57 CET) on 16 February 2016. This footage was taken from a hilltop (N69°24.0' E25°51.0' ) about six minutes after liftoff.
 
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The full Orbital/ATK Cygnus departure:


It will be commanded to deorbit tomorrow for a destructive re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.
 
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