When Secret Sats Spy on Us, Monsieur Legault Spies Back
June 22nd, 2011Via: Wired:
From mysterious robotic space planes to giant spy satellites the size of school buses, space is teeming with secret American hardware meant to gaze down on insurgents, terrorists and, well, everybody on the third rock from the sun.
For mere proles like you and me, it can be hard to get a straight answer from the Air Force, NASA and other space-faring agencies about precisely what is up there, what it’s doing and where exactly it all is at a given moment.
Now a pair of enterprising Frenchmen have decided to answer at least one of those questions for themselves, using a modified consumer-grade telescope, a small motor, a hand-held controller and a video camera. The result is a do-it-yourself satellite tracker capable of recording the movements of America’s most secretive spacecraft.
Related: Astrophotography of Thierry Legault
Time for us to watch the watchers! I admire DIY innovation to keep the empire aware we spy on them as well.
For example indirect intel tools/internet data:
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Three significant US Air Force bases have been activated as high security no fly zones in the last 4 days.
Grand Forks AFB – http://www.grandforks.af.mil/
Beale AFB – http://www.beale.af.mil/
Anderson AFB – http://www.andersen.af.mil/
(Corpus Christi TX air space extending into the Gulf of Mexico is under clamp down as well until 6/25)
http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_1_8836.html
http://tfr.faa.gov/tfr2/list.html
Date NOTAM Facility State Type Description Zoom
06/19/2011 1/8868 ZAU IL VIP Chicago, IL, Tuesday, June 21, 2011 through Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Local New zoom to 1/8868
06/19/2011 1/8861 ZAB NM HAZARDS 5 NE SANTA FE, NM New zoom to 1/8861
06/19/2011 1/8841 ZJX FL HAZARDS OSCEOLA NATIONAL FOREST, FL New zoom to 1/8841
06/19/2011 1/8836 ZHU TX SECURITY Corpus Christi, TX, Friday, June 24, 2011 through Saturday, June 25, 2011 Local New zoom to 1/8836
06/19/2011 1/8835 ZHU TX SECURITY Corpus Christi, TX, Thursday, June 23, 2011 Local New zoom to 1/8835
06/19/2011 1/8833 ZHU TX SECURITY Corpus Christi, TX, Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Local New zoom to 1/8833
06/19/2011 1/8832 ZHU TX SECURITY Corpus Christi, TX, Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Local New zoom to 1/8832
06/19/2011 1/8829 ZHU TX SECURITY Corpus Christi, TX, Monday, June 20, 2011 through Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Local New zoom to 1/8829
06/18/2011 1/8826 ZHU TX HAZARDS 10 MILES SW OF LUFKIN., TX New zoom to 1/8826
06/18/2011 1/8781 ZOA CA SECURITY Beale AFB, CA, Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Local New zoom to 1/8781
06/18/2011 1/8776 ZUA GU SECURITY Andersen AFB, GU, Friday, June 24, 2011 Local New zoom to 1/8776
06/18/2011 1/8775 ZUA GU SECURITY Andersen AFB, GU, Thursday, June 23, 2011 Local zoom to 1/8775
06/18/2011 1/8774 ZUA GU SECURITY Andersen AFB, GU, Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Local zoom to 1/8774
06/18/2011 1/8773 ZOA CA SECURITY Beale AFB, CA, Friday, June 24, 2011 Local zoom to 1/8773
06/18/2011 1/8772 ZOA CA SECURITY Beale AFB, CA, Thursday, June 23, 2011 Local zoom to 1/8772
06/18/2011 1/8770 ZOA CA SECURITY Beale AFB, CA, Tuesday, June 21, 2011 through Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Local zoom to 1/8770
06/18/2011 1/8768 ZOA CA SECURITY Beale AFB, CA, Monday, June 20, 2011 Local zoom to 1/8768
06/18/2011 1/8766 ZJX FL HAZARDS OKEEFENOKEE FL., FL zoom to 1/8766
06/18/2011 1/8765 ZOA CA SECURITY Beale AFB, CA, Friday, June 24, 2011 Local zoom to 1/8765
06/18/2011 1/8764 ZOA CA SECURITY Beale AFB, CA, Thursday, June 23, 2011 Local zoom to 1/8764
06/18/2011 1/8763 ZOA CA SECURITY Beale AFB, CA, Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Local zoom to 1/8763
06/18/2011 1/8762 ZOA CA SECURITY Beale AFB, CA, Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Local zoom to 1/8762
06/18/2011 1/8761 ZOA CA SECURITY Beale AFB, CA, Monday, June 20, 2011 Local zoom to 1/8761
06/18/2011 1/8760 ZMP ND SECURITY Grand Forks AFB, ND, Friday, June 24, 2011 through Friday, June 24, 2011 Local zoom to 1/8760
06/18/2011 1/8759 ZMP ND SECURITY Grand Forks AFB, ND, Tuesday, June 21, 2011 through Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Local zoom to 1/8759
06/18/2011 1/8758 ZMP ND SECURITY Grand Forks AFB, ND, Wednesday, June 22, 2011 through Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Local zoom to 1/8758
06/18/2011 1/8757 ZMP ND SECURITY Grand Forks AFB, ND, Monday, June 20, 2011 through Monday, June 20, 2011 Local zoom to 1/8757
06/18/2011 1/8756 ZMP ND SECURITY Grand Forks AFB, ND, Thursday, June 23, 2011 through Thursday, June 23, 2011 Local zoom to 1/8756