Certified Principle Engineer Delegate for 5 lbf and 0.2 lbf Rocket Engine Assemblies (REAs) on the GOES-R, GPS-III, MUOS, and CLIO Satellites in charge of procuring the REA components through proper requirements development, rigorous environment and hotfire testing, management of the supplier, and ensuring that the project meets strict budget and schedule guidelines and restrictions
"The most likely remaining possibility is that a civilian intelligence agency, perhaps the CIA, decided much earlier, about 2005-06, that it could not risk a coverage gap, and obtained approval to rapidly procure and launch a satellite compatible with the UFO satellites," Molczan added.
A Spaceflightnow article on PAN provides some limited information, including that it was built by Lockheed Martin on a commercial basis (30 months from contract to launch), with the theory expressed by skywatchers just after launch was that PAN was a UFO - MUOS gapfiller.
“Clio, the muse of history, is as thoroughly infected with lies as a street whore with syphilis.”So yeah, it has CIA written all over it.
Last time for PAN some information came out from Lockheed Martin's own magazine. Anyone checking previous issues out to see if something about CLIO can be found as well?
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 08/07/2014 01:31 pmLast time for PAN some information came out from Lockheed Martin's own magazine. Anyone checking previous issues out to see if something about CLIO can be found as well? No information about the SC or AV configs, but the secrecy bubble my shrink a bit by the end of this month.EDIT: I read on another site that webcast coverage may not be available for this launch do to the unnamed customer's request.
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 08/11/2014 02:21 amQuote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 08/07/2014 01:31 pmLast time for PAN some information came out from Lockheed Martin's own magazine. Anyone checking previous issues out to see if something about CLIO can be found as well? No information about the SC or AV configs, but the secrecy bubble my shrink a bit by the end of this month.EDIT: I read on another site that webcast coverage may not be available for this launch do to the unnamed customer's request.Has webcast coverage ever been completely restricted before on an ULA launch?
Quote from: Star One on 08/11/2014 06:31 amQuote from: russianhalo117 on 08/11/2014 02:21 amQuote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 08/07/2014 01:31 pmLast time for PAN some information came out from Lockheed Martin's own magazine. Anyone checking previous issues out to see if something about CLIO can be found as well? No information about the SC or AV configs, but the secrecy bubble my shrink a bit by the end of this month.EDIT: I read on another site that webcast coverage may not be available for this launch do to the unnamed customer's request.Has webcast coverage ever been completely restricted before on an ULA launch?There's STSS-ATRR in 2009 (DARPA was the customer).
There's STSS-ATRR in 2009 (DARPA was the customer).
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 08/11/2014 06:33 amThere's STSS-ATRR in 2009 (DARPA was the customer).DARPA was not the customer