Paul Mison’s random stuff that doesn’t go elsewhere. Is it microblogging, or microactivity? (Previously known as ‘tumblr is my sock drawer’, for reasons that are somewhat unclear.)Tumblr (3.0; @blech)http://notes.husk.org/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/877da18017836257025191b65a8066f0/tumblr_mjre82GPdp1qz4yloo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sandia engineer Steve Yearout displays a 1/15 scale model of a NAVSTAR Block IIR GPS satellite: “<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=7-rPPrCp5C11UM&tbnid=KfGTkzIk8_x6uM:&ved=0CAMQjhw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fshare.sandia.gov%2Fnews%2Fresources%2Freleases%2F2008%2FGPSblastsensors.html&ei=QV1HUcvsN6q6igKz04GYBg&psig=AFQjCNGpXyPR197Y4UFUPlQZf7J28KtpZA&ust=1363717712763451">Sandia sends sensors into space to detect nuclear blasts globally</a>”. (<a href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7-rPPrCp5C0J:https://share.sandia.gov/news/resources/releases/2008/GPSblastsensors.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us">Google cache</a>; <a href="http://tumblr.iamdanw.com/post/45500968544">via</a>.)</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/45685866621http://notes.husk.org/post/45685866621Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:31:38 +0000imagerebloggpssatellitenavstariirsteve yearoutphotographmodeldesignsolar panel<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c73b8edfb8ffd110703994922f3a2155/tumblr_mjre8naKKF1qz4yloo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2012/06/flashing-gps-satellite-navstar-39-usa.html">SatTrack Cam Leiden</a> (via <a href="http://tumblr.iamdanw.com/post/45500981100">iamdanw</a>):</p> <blockquote> <p><span>In the evening of June 25 I by chance captured</span><span> a GPS satellite</span> that was decommisioned last<span> year on photograph: </span><strong>Navstar 39</strong><span> (USA 128, GPS 2A-27, 1996-056A). It showed up as a very bright small trail  and was flashing at a rate of  2-3 flashes per 10 seconds. </span></p> </blockquote>http://notes.husk.org/post/45685538680http://notes.husk.org/post/45685538680Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:26:00 +0000imagereblogsatellitegpsnavstarnavstar 39photographyphotographsmultiple<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4lmlp46gG1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/6996849398/" title="Navstar">Navstar</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/">San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives</a> on Flickr:</p> <blockquote> <p>Providing continuous global coverage in all weather, the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System will give suitably equipped users three-dimensional positioning and velocity information and a precise timing reference in real time. Besides routine navigation, possible applications include search-and-rescue operations, land and aerial rendezvous, and geodetic surveys.</p> </blockquote> <p>This Rockwell International promotional image presumably predates the launch of the first NAVSTAR satellite in 1978.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/23755724786http://notes.husk.org/post/23755724786Fri, 25 May 2012 23:09:07 +0100imageflickrspacesatellitegpsglobal positioning systemthe commonssan diego air and space museumnavstar1970s