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Chris Binz

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Space technologist/curmudgeon

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Cool trick

24.01.2026 03:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I tasked the UMBRA-10 satellite over LC-39B to capture SLS on the pad.

The capture lasted 33 seconds (2026-01-20 04:20:43 - 4:21:16 UTC) so here it is turned into a short video.

20.01.2026 21:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 38 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Gorgeous

21.01.2026 02:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Russia Launches Domestic Starlink Rival: "Zorky" Set for Serial Production in 2026 Russia challenges Starlink: "Zorky" terminals enter serial production in 2026, satellites by 2027. Sovereign broadband eyes remote regions and BRICS allies.

Zorky? do you even hear yourself???

thinkbrics.substack.com/p/russia-lau...

20.01.2026 02:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is trying to solve a problem that no one has. How much statistical weight do insurers even place on a mission-ending debris strike?

16.01.2026 01:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Story of my life

08.01.2026 02:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolutely wild statement

08.01.2026 02:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Inbox zero achieved ๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™‚๏ธ

02.01.2026 23:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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LeoLabs says they see hundreds of debris objects from the Starlink failure event

20.12.2025 03:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 195 ๐Ÿ” 99 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

the IQ bell curve meme but for wearing a suit at conferences

16.12.2025 01:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

a big part of parenting is driving different places to walk around

29.10.2024 18:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 260 ๐Ÿ” 17 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New York City as captured by a KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite in 1974 and Maxar/Vantor ~45 years later.

Images sources:
www.flickr.com/photos/19484...
storage.pardot.com/1084652/1731...

21.11.2025 00:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 50 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Idk who needs to hear this, but "every presentation should have a BLUF" means more than "the second slide should be titled 'BLUF'"

14.11.2025 20:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We don't spend nearly enough time as a society complaining about the adhesive being used to seal prepackaged soups. Why are we being forced to cut the film??? There's a tab indicating it can be pulled off, but it's a skeuomorph now!!!

12.11.2025 22:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yikes, just caught myself thinking about the roadmap for developing this mac and cheese I'm cooking for my daughter... might be time to take it easy for a bit

11.11.2025 22:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh wow

05.11.2025 02:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Early humans were online an hour, maybe two hours, per day

29.10.2025 05:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1943 ๐Ÿ” 326 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 61 ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

extremely true in my experience

29.10.2025 01:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do it

23.10.2025 01:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Spotify suggested a song for me and it took me two listens to even SUSPECT it was AI generated (it was). Devastated.

23.10.2025 00:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The identity monitoring service people got because of the OPM hack is expiring, which makes sense, since it's been 10 years and China has probably forgotten about all the data it stole. Glad that threat is over!

22.10.2025 00:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think we're good on web-based satellite orbit visualization tools everybody. We don't need any more. Thanks.

21.10.2025 23:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Once when canvassing I asked a voter his #1 concern and it was "yard sales are not enforcing sales tax"

20.10.2025 04:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 4325 ๐Ÿ” 495 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 46 ๐Ÿ“Œ 23

Even though I rarely use STK these days I still crack jokes about it being slow. I figured that was becoming an outdated reference, because surely they've improved it since then, but I just hopped in and MY GOD it's worse. Reminiscent of the last days of Internet Explorer - borderline unusable

13.10.2025 19:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No! But they had such a compelling concept! bsky.app/profile/binz...

11.10.2025 02:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A pumpkin that has been molded into the shape of a face

A pumpkin that has been molded into the shape of a face

mfw it's the spooky season

27.09.2025 15:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good assumption, sounds like you're good. I've also talked with other hiring managers who totally ignore cover letters, so ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

26.09.2025 12:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just a basic explanation of why you're a fit for the position. Not including one is basically saying "my resume speaks for itself", which is almost never true

26.09.2025 09:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As someone who has done a lot of hiring over the past year, I took a lack of cover letter as a strong negative signal.

26.09.2025 01:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜ณ

25.09.2025 01:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0