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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 1d

At 0935 UTC Nov 5 the US Air Force carried out test launch GT254 of a Minuteman 3 ICBM from Vandenberg Space Force Base (likely silo LF09 or LF10) to Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific.

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ronsmytheiii.bsky.social @ronsmytheiii.bsky.social · 1d

Some locals in Richmond,VA saw this around 6 pm local. Passivation or just a nominal deorbit burn? www.reddit.com/r/rva/s/ngEV...

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ronsmytheiii.bsky.social @ronsmytheiii.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks, appreciate the update!

ronsmytheiii.bsky.social @ronsmytheiii.bsky.social · 13d

Where's the F/A-XX?

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ronsmytheiii.bsky.social @ronsmytheiii.bsky.social · 16d

add "-ai" to the search

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ronsmytheiii.bsky.social @ronsmytheiii.bsky.social · 22d

Ironically no change at LC-13……

ronsmytheiii.bsky.social @ronsmytheiii.bsky.social · 26d

No it wasn’t. It was a nominal test of the RD-171MV engine intended for Soyuz-5. The engine plume being shown is the wrong color for a hypergolic engine, would be shades of orange/brown bsky.app/profile/anat...

Anatoly Zak @anatolyzak.bsky.social · 26d

...Roskosmos now confirms that it was indeed test firing of the Soyuz-5 first stage with the RD-171MV engine, which lasted 160 seconds.. It also confirms plans for launching Soyuz-5 at the end of 2025...

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · 27d

Jared Isaacman may not totally be out of the NASA game just yet www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Billionaire Isaacman Met With Trump Over Top NASA Job

Jared Isaacman and President Donald Trump have met in recent weeks and discussed reviving the fintech billionaire’s nomination to lead NASA, according to a person familiar with the matter.

www.bloomberg.com

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ronsmytheiii.bsky.social @ronsmytheiii.bsky.social · Oct 6

“Somebody get this parrot off of me”

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ronsmytheiii.bsky.social @ronsmytheiii.bsky.social · Oct 2

@gbrumfiel.bsky.social Since you deleted the post:

a cartoon says nixon 's back with a picture of nixon in a glass container

ALT: a cartoon says nixon 's back with a picture of nixon in a glass container

media.tenor.com

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Justin Bronk @justin-br0nk.bsky.social · Sep 29

And there it is… Ukraine will receive JAS-39 Gripen! Better late than never, I guess. The fighter that was always by far the closest fit to the Ukrainian Air Force’s operational needs is at long last officially on its way (timeline TBC for obvious reasons).

unn.ua/en/amp/minis...

Ministry of Defense announced the transfer of Swedish Gripen fighters to Ukraine | УНН

УНН News of the World ✎ Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Ivan Havryliuk stated that Ukraine expects the supply of Swedish Gripen, French Mirage, and additional F-16s.

unn.ua

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ronsmytheiii.bsky.social @ronsmytheiii.bsky.social · Sep 25

"Incursions of the Alaska ADIZ by Russian military aircraft occur regularly and are not seen as a threat," Garand said. "Since Russia resumed long-range aviation activities in 2007, the number fluctuates annually as many as 15 in one year to as low as 0" abcnews.go.com/US/4-russian...

Russian bomber, fighter aircraft detected in Alaska defense zone, NORAD says

Four Russian military aircraft passed through the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone on Monday, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said.

abcnews.go.com

ronsmytheiii.bsky.social @ronsmytheiii.bsky.social · Sep 21

It was this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcH6...

Lockheed Martin Vectis

YouTube video by The War Zone

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ronsmytheiii.bsky.social @ronsmytheiii.bsky.social · Sep 9

US F-35 in the area: globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=af351f

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ronsmytheiii.bsky.social @ronsmytheiii.bsky.social · Sep 7

British vacation? He has been Americanized too much…..

an ad for jet2holidays.com shows a woman holding a child in an airport

ALT: an ad for jet2holidays.com shows a woman holding a child in an airport

media.tenor.com

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ronsmytheiii.bsky.social @ronsmytheiii.bsky.social · Sep 6

Not a plane, the X-33

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ronsmytheiii.bsky.social @ronsmytheiii.bsky.social · Aug 27

Congratulations Thomas and all the SpaceX employees, we can’t wait to see what else y’all have cooking

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Tory Bruno @torybruno.bsky.social · Aug 13

The trick to this shot is holding on to the lightning tower really, really tight. #SF106

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ronsmytheiii.bsky.social @ronsmytheiii.bsky.social · Aug 9

Hopefully scraped

ronsmytheiii.bsky.social @ronsmytheiii.bsky.social · Jul 31

Per @nasaspaceflight.com Crew-11 feed, view of Starship infrastructure construction at LC-39A

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SpacePolicyOnline @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · Jul 29

Firefly gets another NASA CLPS contract. $177M to deliver 2 rovers and 3 instruments to the lunar South Pole in 2029.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
fireflyspace.com/news/firefly...