Earth Based Launch Facilities (Started by Zorgon) (some data maybe dated but still relevant, edits by Sgt.Rocknroll for updating links and Youtube videos)
Many people when looking at conspiracy theories constantly say...
"If they are secret launches, then where are they launching from?"
Well most major launches are not launched in secret, merely what they are carrying is the secrets and what the mission is is secret
But There are launches going on all the time at bases all around the world. In fact there are so many that people barely notice them anymore.
And when they do, they end up on You Tube as UFO's, Stargates or alien signs predicting the End Times.
Zorgon....
NOAA Satellite Operations Facility in Suitland, Md
NOAA, GSA OFFICIALLY OPEN NEW ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE CENTER
Award-Winning Facility Houses $50 Million in High-Tech Equipment, Controls
Satellites Worth $4.7 Billion
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June 11, 2007
The new home for NOAA's around-the-clock, environmental satellite operations, which provides data critical for weather and climate prediction, was officially opened today at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Suitland, Md. Top leaders from NOAA, the U.S. General Services Administration and several U.S. Congressional representatives from Maryland, said the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF) signifies America's solid commitment to providing the best possible environmental satellite services.
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Each day, NSOF processes more than 16 billion bytes of environmental satellite data from NOAA's geostationary and polar-orbiting spacecraft, and the Department of Defense's Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). The NOAA National Weather Service uses these data for constant tracking of severe weather, and as inputs into models for medium to long range forecasts for weather and tracking climate change. NSOF, which spans 208,271 gross square feet, supports more than $50 million of high technology equipment, including 16 antennas that control more than $4.7 billion worth of environmental spacecraft.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2872.htm
Press Invited To View NASA Satellite Launch From Suitland NOAA Facility
Oct. 21, 2011
David Weaver
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1600
david.s.weaver@nasa.gov
John Leslie
NOAA Satellite and Information Service, Silver Spring, Md.
301-713-0214
john.leslie@noaa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-216
PRESS INVITED TO VIEW NASA SATELLITE LAUNCH FROM SUITLAND NOAA FACILITY
WASHINGTON -- On Oct. 28, Reporters are invited to join NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and NOAA Deputy Administrator Kathy Sullivan to view the launch of the nation's newest Earth-observing satellite at NOAA's Satellite Operations Facility in Suitland, Md. Garver and Sullivan will be available for interviews following the launch.
The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project, or NPP, is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg
Air Force Base in California between 5:48 a.m. and 5:57 a.m. EDT on Oct. 28. The launch heralds a new era of climate change science and weather forecasting for the nation.
Journalists are invited to the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility Suitland Federal Campus, located at 4321 Suitland Rd. in Suitland to view the launch. Journalists wanting to attend the launch and interview Garver and Sullivan should contact NOAA's John Leslie at john.leslie@noaa.gov or on 301-713-0214. Reporters must arrive at the facility by 5 a.m. on launch day.
After launch, NPP will be controlled from the operations center, where NOAA operates 17 U.S. and foreign environmental satellites. Data from NPP will enable NOAA to continue issuing accurate forecasts and provide advance warning for severe weather. NPP also will extend critical long-term data sets that advance Earth system science and
applications supported by NASA, NOAA, and other agencies. NPP represents a critical first step in preparing for the next-generation Joint Polar Satellite System that will collect data on long-term climate change and short-term weather conditions.
For more information about the NPP mission, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/npp
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Office of Satellite Operations - NOAA
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