References
- Type: Video. Title: “A Timelapse of Satellite Launches: 1957–2025”. Author: “Yukidaruma”. Publisher: “YouTube”. Published: 2025-12-28T17:01:22Z. Accessed: 2025-12-30T08:19Z. URI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ7O2gigebQ.
quite a cool map, the speed in which the map is getting completely red is terrifying, fuck the starlink.
does anyone have an idea why were the first geostationary satellites focused on some strange point in the middle of africa?
Maybe those geostationary satellites have something to do with US spying on the UdSSR?
in the middle of africa? i am talking about this cluster, which seems to be hanging out above kenya/uganda/tanzania border.
https://i.imgur.com/Idt5YNK.png
https://i.imgur.com/vov0sJW.png
I thought that maybe in that position they could be reached from the US east coast or from the geostationary ones positioned over the US. Just looked it up and maybe they could be part of these SIGINT satellites during the cold war that intercepted communications.
