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I wonder what's inside

>>12475740
>"Gorillas are peaceful animals but can be fierce when necessary. Like the gorilla, our #NROL108 mission is constantly vigilant and ready to defend its own, demonstrating NRO's commitment to protecting U.S. warfighters, interests, and allies."
That's bullshit. The gorilla is actually there because the satellite has big robot arms to tear apart Chinese and Russian space assets.

>>12475747
X-ray vision to watch through hangars, buildings and detection of bunkers.
>https://www.capellaspace.com/sar-101-an-introduction-to-synthetic-aperture-radar/

>>12475756
This is a much more interesting example of SAR imo. It's done entirely with commercially-available technology as well.

>>12475756
we'll have to see what the orbit ends up being, those satobs people usually find it quickly. Langbroek says "it is possible however that NROL-108 aims for an orbital plane near that of USA 276. The orbital plane of USA 276, which due to orbital precession over the past 3 years no longer is close to that of the ISS, passes over Cape Canaveral Launch Pad 39A near 17:02 UT, inside the NROL-108 launch window. This opens up the possibility that NROL-108 is perhaps a close approach target for USA 276, or USA 276 is a close approach target for NROL-108 (but that is pure and wild speculation: Caveat Emptor)."
from https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2020/12/nrol-108-another-mystery-launch-perhaps.html in the OP

>>12475740
Is that a BLM launch?

>>12475760
>nowhere to run
>now nowhere to hide
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_through_strength
interesting

>>12475740
lmao what a kino badge, der fuggen gorilla

>>12475760
isn't this just a little dangerous for health? I mean I understand that it is probably 1 X-ray photon for square meter but bruh

>>12475773
this is also a patch for the launch? not sure why NRO made two.

>>12475782
they make parasols for men you know

>>12475796
yea that will definitely block an X-ray photon lmao

1 bong till the 3-bong launch window opens.
Interestingly, most of these NRO launches have long windows. It seems that its to obfuscate the true desired orbital parameters? For all we know internally it could be a 1-second window.

pushed back 45 minutes according to the stream start

>>12475792
bad reception.....

>>12475792
Definitely the X-ray thing with that badge. They just can't help being clever and picking something relevant to the mission, 'keep it secret' notwithstanding.

>>12475792
This would of fit the best if they were launching on electron

did we ever figure out what the FUCK zuma was?

mission control audio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ8urB21XWk

Go for prop load.

ABORT ABORT ABORT

WHAT BEAUTIFUL WEATHER

Hopday hype!!!

NOTHING IS BEYOND OUR REACH

>>12475994
NOT A CLOUD IN THE SKY

>>12475996
w-wait this isn't right...

MUSIC IS LIVE

The stream is up. The fog is still down

>>12475748

>Now we regretfully have to inform you that NROL-108 did not meet its mission objectives. The Chinese satellite we were planning to, as the experts put it, "yeet out of orbit", did in fact deploy robotic arms of its own and started to grapple with our vehicle. We are currently in negotations with several launch companies to organize a rapid secondary launch with which to deliver an appropriately sized battle axe to our beleaguered satellite.

>>12476001
BOOGITY BOOGITY BOOGITY IT IS LAUNcHDAY BOYS AND GIRLS!

cmmon guys

that's a bit of a loaded metaphor

We gorilla mode now

>broadcast will end early because of the secrecy of the mission

>no kate

>>12476020
bc we done with the tentacle monster^^

this is so cheesy lol

UNDER THE CLOAK OF FOG
WE LAUNCH TOP SECRET ROCKETS

MY VISION IS AUGMENTED

>WE ARE THE N. R. O.
umm sorry sweetie, we are just over 2 minutes until lift off

>>12476034
Sleek and vague enough. Funny how they couldn't call themselves an agency, though.

HODL

FUUUUUUCK

nooo

ON TIME AND UNDER BUDGET
WE ARE THE NRO

I'm okay with them scrubbing on a shit weather day like this

What's the point of mission control stream if it's fucking silent all the time?

>45 minutes
see you guys tomorrow

>>12476035
I liked the cut to soviet missile trucks when they mentioned "adversaries"

>>12476057
they say stuff once in a while like tracking station hand-overs and fueling info

>>12476059
Commies were calling you "probable adversary" for like 50 years. Ruskies still do, just behind the curtains.

>>12476059
communist spotted

you heard the man, sit tight

>>12476066
i had a dream last night where i became friends with some soviets, talking about spaceflight stuff. before i woke up we were talking how we could work together in space, but didnt miss a chance to shit on the chinks. "they're not allowed" said sergey

>>12476068
dont misgender him

Musk confirms this is the last 2020 launch :(
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1339567835840962560
25 orbital launches, not too bad. 2021 should be even better

recycle confirmed, T-0 TBD

>>12476035
Spooky launchday?
what's with all the ash anyways?

>>12476083
I'm okay with a few less launches as long as SN9 flies and delivers. Also they absolutely earned some relaxed holidays.

>>12476102
fog you mean?

>>12476102
loch ness monster? omg :o

>>12476107
look closesly, anon spotted something in the ash...

>>12476110
looks like it was a shadow

>>12476102
Something is lurking out there

>>12476122
...ADVERSARIES

>>12476122>>12476109>>12476107
Would be a shame if....
some shitty scp shit would be going on at LC-39A rn :S

Haunted launch and stuff

>>12476128
ancient Miccosukee burial ground under 39A

>>12476128
there are terrible launch daemons, out!

>>12476128
mfw

what the fuck was that noise
WHATS GOING ON

>>12476135
i know i fucking heard it, *CLANG*
and the chains.....THERE IT IS AGAIN
CLING CLANG

twas the nightmare before scrubmas

pop

>>12476135
>>12476139
Launchghosts?

more information in 20 min. come on SpaceX cut to the music

>20 minutes until update
lmao

>>12476139
Eldritch coffee maker.

>>12476144
the ghost of ZUMA

"And I heard as it were the noise of F1 thunder
One of the four SRB's saying, come and see
And I saw, and behold a white final stage"

GUYS THIS IS ALL AN ACT, THE REAL NRO SAT IS LAUNCHING FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION FUCK FUCK FUCK WE'VE BEEN HAD

>>12476155
spooky... And it's powered by Harambe's spirit.
If you listen very closely you can hear monkey business playing in the wind whistling through the tower.

How many different ways can he say the same thing?

>>12476165
>NRO secretly developed a fully operational SLS

>>12476167
This.

A JUST FLEW OVER MY HOUSE

>>12476173
and it was on budget too, holy sheeit

>>12476181
boo I was gonna use U+2B1B for a REDACTED effect but 4chins scrubbed it

>>12476183
(under) budget and don't forget ahead of schedule, they mentioned that in the NRO video

>rocket is def in good health
>cling clang clung
>chains rattling
>fucking BLOWS UP

>NOAA blocks NRO from surveying Earth

Falcon 9 has always been an NRO psyop

>>12476191
>NOAA intercepts CORONA canisters with their own aircraft

>>12476165
You mean the one in the center of the exclusion zone around Centralia?

"Pressure is slightly high in upper stage liquid oxygen tank. Review underway." per Musk on twatter

>>12476197
delet this

>>12476202
just launch it pussy, tweet @ he/him

>>12476202
Shit, hopefully they won't break their launch failure streak

>>12476216
block 5 has never had a failure, and a re-used booster has never failed either. I wouldn't worry about it

>Guise, the vehicle "KLANG" is like in good health I guess lol!

>>12476165
bros...this cant be true

could NRO launch a nuclear powered satellite if they wanted? without us knowing

>>12476203
yes sir mister fbi man.

>>12476223
lmao it's true. spacex stan hosting the stream on suicide watch

>>12476224
Bro you don't even have the slightest idea how many layers of gvmnt conspiracy we are into rn
like 6 or 7

the 20 minute update is 3 minutes late

Good health guise!

>>12476239
im telling you this is all staged, even elon is in on it. it's a massive distraction from something big

>>12476247
Elon is in on the meme confirm!

t minus 15-25 minutes to knowing if there is going to be a t minus

>>12476083
I guess that means that TurkSat arrived too late for processing (due to the cargo-plane grounding). They had Dec 31 on their schedule for a long time.

>>12476289
that one will be exciting, wonder if there will be an entourage of protesters for the launch

>10-15 minutes
I guess they don't have much more time than that if they're gonna count down from 45 minutes

So cloudy... it's ogre.

ScrubX

24hr recycle. see you all tomorrow

And that's an abort

Saving thread for tomorrow’s attempt

>SpaceX is now targeting Saturday, December 19 for launch of the NROL-108 mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Saturday’s three-hour launch window opens at 9:00 a.m. EST, or 14:00 UTC, and closes at 12:00 p.m. EST, or 17:00 UTC.

>>12480855
>same time as Anison Index
gonna be stream juggling again

Fresh stream link
>https://youtu.be/9OeVwaFBkfE

>>12475792
that one turned out to be fake, some redditor just made it up

Live in one bong!

mission control audio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXj5Bk9XflQ

HOLD

poor little Timmy got crushed by SN9 clearly

go for prop load and launch

ooh oxygen

It's music time.

dicks out for harambe

LIVE LIVE LIVE
>>12482682

>giant gorilla on the fairing
lmao

>>12483738
Black Lives Matter.

weather is substantially less spook today

>starting a promo video with a D4H
>on a spacex launch

extremely american stream

prooonter spotted in the NRO vid

>>12483743
Astra vs SpaceX

>"the industry's best"
>shows kiwis
spacex btfo

that promo sounds like something straight out of the 80s or 90s lmao

it just goes on and on, jesus

>PROTECTING THE WORLD
Glowies please.

beautiful weather for a launch

>>12483756
no one plays the villain in their own movie

>>12483762
They're protecting their own ass. Not the fucking world.

Falcon 9 go whirrrrrrr

t minus 30

I fucking love the pre-launch audio. All those groans and vents.

NICE arial views

It's so fucking loud.

wow that's a nice angle

Shoddy camera tracking this launch baka

goodbye second stage

first stage is YEEETING back, boy that's quick

>that boost back
is it landing back on the pad ?

WE HAVE STAGE1 TELEMETRY, I REPEAT, WE HAVE FUCKING STAGE1 TELEMETRY. FUCKING FINALLY. IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE WE'VE HAD IT.

fucking noice

>>12483779
yes

RCS thrusters are so freakin kino

Should be some awesome vapor trails today.

> eventual landing attempt
they are jinking it

that rocket really looks like it knows what it's doing

i wish i had that sort of confidence

video seems delayed by a few seconds today

PERFECT landing

lmao NSF doesn't even know where the landing pad is

simply epic

10/10 spacex make it look too easy

good orbit insertion - must mean a really LEO insertion if it happened that early

Land landings as so fucking comfy

Yay more surveillance. Everyone cheering this on is a fucking cuck.

>>12483780
Really cool seeing the speed plateau and then start going down as it descends into the atmosphere.

Ground tracking was ass but we got more full-screen rocket cam so I'm good

>>12483780
yeah that was great

>>12483797
Spy satellites do tend to fly low

>>12483799
Seethe more Zhang

that's a wrap. see you all in 2021 launch threads! It's always a pleasure to make them.

>>12483797
Or the sat itself has a thruster.

For the first time, SpaceX delivered as many launches as they originally had on their manifest at the start of the year (25). Previous years they over-promised by as much as 2x. Not what I expected from America during the year of the virus!

>>12483844
It makes sense. The ULA snipers must've been in self-isolation, or maybe they died because they're boomers like the rest of oldspace.

Seems that this was a particularly loud boom from randos on Twitter

>>12483882
Sonic boom goes boom. One F9 booster doesn't really make much more noise than any other other than how close you are to when it goes boom.

>>12483886
weather changes how well the sound travels by a lot

1st stage apogee

>>12483844
the coming years are going to be nuts

How does the F9 start its entry burn? I mean, it's still accelerating downwards at that point, so wouldn't the fuel be floating at the top of the tanks?

I really liked watching the F9 suddenly change its AoA this cast.

>>12483825
Thanks, anon. See you next year.

>>12484010
annon the moment you start to hit any atmosphere the propellant goes down.
Just think how people sit in a capsule when it enters the atmo.

>>12484010
Gravity pulls the propellant down

>>12484276
Not in freefall relative to tanks but booster gets enough air resistance to work as ullage