David E Sanger and William J Broad, 美国加紧研发超小卫星监视朝鲜导弹. 纽约时报中文网, July 7, 2017
https://cn.nytimes.com/asia-paci ... rth-korea-missiles/
, which is translated from
David E Sanger and William J Broad, Tiny Satellites Will Track North Korea Missiles; Using Silicon Valley for early-warning improvements. New York Times, July 7, 2017 (front page).
(a) Excerpt in the window of print: Wide coverage using radar sensors that work at night and during storms.
(b) 2 1/2 consecutive paragraphs:
"Less than one-third of North Korea is under spy satellite coverage at a given moment.
"US intelligence analysts detected indications of an impending launch in the days before the missile firing, according to a spokesman for the Defense Intelligence Agency, Cmdr William Marks. But even after the launch, the Pentagon misjudged what it was looking at. Minutes after its 37-minute flight ended, the US Pacific Command described the missile as an intermediate-range model, often seen.
"Hours later, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued a very different conclusion: that the North had tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile, able to reach Alaska.
My comment:
(a) The concept and technology are not new -- there are shoe box-sized microsatellites even (not to mention nanosatellites). But this report does not explain the fuss; because it is used to detect missile launch?
(b) "The missile launch Tuesday by North Korea was initiated from a new site, a mobile launcher at the Pang Hyon Aircraft Factory."
Panghyon Airport 方峴飛行場
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panghyon_Airport
The cn.nytimes.com for this report translates 芳岘飞机制造厂. 芳 is probably wrong.
(c) Regarding quotation. ballistic missile
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_missile
(section 4 Missile types: short-rage, medium-range, intermediate-range and ICBM -- in the order of increasing range)
(d) "Capella Space, a Silicon Valley startup named after a bright star"
Capella
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capella
(the brightest star in the constellation of Auriga [Latin for 'charioteer'])
* Not to be confused with
a cappella (adv or adj; etymology; Did You Know?)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a+cappella
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