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Le Conseil d'Etat a suspendu hier soir tous les arrêtés de macron pour autoriser des chasses interdites par la directive européenne de 2009.
Encore une victoire pour les amoureux de la nature et de la biodiversité.
Suite à la publication scandaleuse de plusieurs arrêtés par les sbires de macron le 15 octobre pour autoriser les bipèdes au permis de tuer de massacrer les vanneaux huppés, les pluviers dorés, les grives, les merles et les alouettes des champs par des procédés dégueulasses.
On Voice et la LPO avaient immédiatement saisi le Conseil d'Etat et celui-ci n'a pas tardé à heureusement suspendre ces arrêtés avant de pouvoir juger le fond.
Merci à ces sages de laisser vivre les vanneaux huppés, les pluviers dorés, les grives, les merles et les alouettes des champs.
www.conseil-etat.fr/actualites/actualites/chasse-traditio...
Une petite vidéo sur le Vanneau huppé pour remercier encore une fois la LPO et One Voice :
J’ai encore souvenance de ces navires,
Voilures chahutées par de fiers aquilons,
Éthers qui enjôlaient l’ivresse de ces sbires ;
Ces marins râblés, l’épiderme macaron.
– J’ai encore souvenance de ces navires…
Aux tempêtes injurieuses, les nefs subirent
Tant de véhémence – Tephillim tympanon
Qu’en finalité létale elles se fendirent
Et délivrèrent aux océans leurs cargaisons.
– Aux tempêtes injurieuses, les nefs subirent…
Les terribles aventures des longs gréements,
Aujourd’hui résonnent fort et comme un airain ;
Fabuleux voyages aux propos captivants
En mon esprit agité – un sang de mutin.
– Les terribles aventures des longs gréements…
Vois ! A l’horizon se profilent les chalands,
Vierges sacrifiées à de pénibles destins.
Aussi on devine dans les nuages blancs
Quelques équipages le mouchoir à la main.
– Lors, à l’horizon se profilent les chalands…
J’ai encore souvenance de ces navires :
Aux tempêtes injurieuses, les nefs subirent
Les terribles aventures des longs gréements ;
Vois ! A l’horizon se profilent les chalands.
Didier Sicchia,
Il faut se mobiliser pour exprimer notre rejet du massacre des Vanneaux Huppés, des Pluviers dorés, des Alouettes des champs et des Grands Tétras que macron et ses sbires veulent permettre.
Pour dire NON au massacre des Vanneaux huppés et des Pluviers dorés :
www.consultations-publiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr...
Pour dire NON au massacre des Alouettes des champs dans les départements de la Gironde, des Landes, du Lot-et-Garonne et des Pyrénées-Atlantiques :
www.consultations-publiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr...
Pour dire NON au massacre des Alouettes des champs dans les départements des Landes et du Lot-et-Garonne :
www.consultations-publiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr...
Pour interdire la chasse du Grand Tétras pour cinq ans en France :
www.consultations-publiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr...
This is moments after liftoff of a ULA Atlas V rocket. The photo was taken from the Max Brewer Bridge in Titusville, FL. It is a stack of 15 second exposures with a 10 stop ND filter.
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 421 rocket launching the sixth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO 6) missile detection and early warning satellite for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC). ULA’s Atlas V rocket will launched SBIRS GEO 6 into a performance optimized geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO). Liftoff occurred from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
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The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket and SBIRS GEO Flight 5 mission for the United States Space Force sit on the pad at Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral at sunset. Photo Credit: United Launch Alliance
This is moments after liftoff of a ULA Atlas V rocket. The rocket is moving downrange quickly creating and amazing looking vapor trail. To the right you can see the boosters falling back to earth. The photo was taken from the Max Brewer Bridge in Titusville, FL.
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 421 rocket launching the sixth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO 6) missile detection and early warning satellite for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC). ULA’s Atlas V rocket will launched SBIRS GEO 6 into a performance optimized geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO). Liftoff occurred from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
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Liftoff!
This is your 6:29am wake-up call, Space Coast: Thursday morning, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 421 launched the 6th & final Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO 6) spacecraft for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC).
I was able to capture ULA Atlas V rocket launch from SLC-41 launch pad over the Mission Space pavilion in Epcot. The launch pad is over 60 miles away. I think it's pretty cool how the flight path follows the pavilion's own arch. Can't wait to capture another launch from Disney.
L’HISTOIRE VRAIE D’HÉLOÏSE ET ABÉLARD SOUS LE RÈGNE DU ROI LOUIS VI, EST CELLE D’UNE PASSION CHARNELLE QUI SE TRANSFORME EN UN LIEN INDÉFECTIBLE EMPREINT DE SPIRITUALITÉ MALGRÉ LES ÉPREUVES TRAVERSÉES.
Héloïse et Abélard
Pierre Abélard naît en 1079 dans une famille noble. Fils du seigneur du Pallet il est destiné au métier des armes comme ses frères. Mais sa soif de connaissance et sa passion des lettres le font se tourner vers l’éducation. Il se rend à Paris où il enseigne la philosophie. Intellectuel surdoué, dialecticien redoutable, il est un jeune professeur admiré par ses élèves. Réputé et respecté malgré son caractère peu commode. À 36 ans, il est un brillant maître en théologie à la Cathédrale de Notre Dame de Paris. Le Chanoine Fulbert lui confie l’éducation de sa nièce, Héloïse. Elle a 17 ans. Il est tout de suite bouleversé par son intelligence et sa beauté.
Héloïse naît en 1100. Elle est élevée et instruite à l’abbaye d’Argenteuil, monastère réservé aux femmes, puis à la cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris où son oncle est chanoine. Jeune nonne pertinente, sa vivacité d’esprit et sa beauté sont troublées par la présence de ce nouveau professeur, Pierre Abélard, un homme mûr et séduisant.
Leur histoire ne reste pas longtemps platonique. La passion les inspire et les pousse l’un vers l’autre. Le maître et l’élève s’aiment envers et contre tous. La passion charnelle les consume, bien loin des enseignements reçus par chacun d’eux. Héloïse tombe alors enceinte. Abélard l’enlève et ils se réfugient en Bretagne où elle donne naissance à leur fils Astrolabe. Elle rentre alors à Argenteuil abandonnant son enfant à la famille de son aimé. Ils se marient secrètement. Sur l’insistance d’Abélard et par amour pour lui, elle accepte de se retirer dans le monastère où elle a passé son enfance. Le scandale de leur relation finit par éclater quand le Chanoine Fulbert furieux dénonce leur mariage secret et nuisible à la carrière d’Abélard, qui a trahi l’église, selon les lois de l’époque. Le chanoine emploie alors deux sbires pour punir le philosophe. Il sera ainsi émasculé. Cette mutilation met un terme à sa carrière d’ecclésiastique et d’enseignant, mais la vengeance est si cruelle et si scandaleuse que le chanoine se voit relevé de ses fonctions durant quelques années.
Héloïse prend le voile à l’abbaye d’Argenteuil. Et devient en 1129 abbesse du couvent du monastère le Paraclet, près de l’ermitage fondé par Abélard et qu’elle a su rendre prospère. Philosophe reconnue, elle l’administrera le restant de sa vie. Loin de son amour qu’elle transformera en lien spirituel, mais auquel elle ne renoncera jamais.
Abélard se réfugie à l’abbaye Saint-Denis où il devient moine et continue ses travaux de philosophie. Désormais, leur fougueuse passion s’exprimera dans les lettres de leur amour, de magnifiques et lyriques échanges en latin. Elle avoue être condamnée au cloître par son amour tragique pour lui, avec qui elle a connu la plénitude de l’être. L’admiration intellectuelle et mutuelle jaillit de cette correspondance entre les époux.
Cet amour au fil des mots n’a pas d’âge, il est universel. Dans leur tragédie, les deux amants puisent la source intarissable de leur relation bien au-delà du charnel. Empreinte de spiritualité, leur passion se mue en un échange intellectuel et philosophique qui traverse le temps. Persécutés au point d’être contraints d’embrasser la vie monastique, rien n’altère leur lien.
Abélard meurt en 1142, elle réclame sa dépouille et l’ensevelit au Paraclet. Lorsqu’elle disparaît en 1164, la légende dit que sa volonté d’être déposée après sa mort dans le tombeau de son mari fut respectée, et qu’Abélard, mort depuis tant d’années, étendit les bras pour la recevoir et les ferma, la tenant embrassée, à jamais. En 1917 la mairie de Paris fait transporter les restes de ce couple de légende au cimetière du Père-Lachaise, leur dernière demeure.
ULA launched the U.S. Space Force's fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) from SLC-41 on the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The latest satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, launched at 1:37 p.m. EDT on the Atlas V rocket flying in the 421 vehicle configuration, with a 4 meter payload fairing, 2 solid rocket boosters, and the single engine Centaur upper stage.
March 1941 - Probably Léon Degrelle and two of his henchmen or recruits Boulevard Adolphe Max in Brussels / Belgium
Here's the view of the Atlas V SBIRS Launch this evening as seen from Port Canaveral. The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO Flight 4 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 at 7:48 p.on January 19, 2017 - © Chuck Palmer - 2018 - _DSC5759-Edit.jpg
On Friday, January 20, United Launch Alliance launched the United States Air Force's third Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) atop an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
At 7:48pm (ET) on Friday, January 19, 2018 United Launch Alliance (ULA) would successfully launch the #SBIRS / SBIRSGeo4 satellite atop a (Mighty) #AtlasV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
This is a composite showing 35 minutes of stars rotating above the pad until just before liftoff and the streak is a 168-second exposure of the rocket.
Photo available here: www.photosofstuff.xyz/SBIRSGEO4-by-United-Launch-Alliance/
(Photo by Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
Reprocessed, with apologies if you're tired of seeing images from the launch.
30 seconds of stars + 163 seconds of rocket: It was an amazing night for a rocket launch.
Seen here is the United Launch Alliance #SBIRSGEO3 satellite, launched tonight at 7:42pm (ET) atop an #AtlasV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with great support form the 45th Space Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.
With a nod to the always great Ben Cooper, this is a non-star trail look at how clear the sky was as the rocket laucnhed. It's really amazing watching the rocket fade into the night sky against a sea of stars, and this image (very similar to Ben's) comes only semi-close to representing the view. I can identify at least one constellation: Ursa Minor, which is barely visible through the xenon spotlights at the pad.
Specs: One 30-second exposure frames shot at ISO500 and f5.6, captured 4 minutes before liftoff and then the streak is a single, 163-second exposure, all shot through an 11-24mm lens (at 11mm) on a full-frame body. Initial processing done in Lightroom, stacking done in Photoshop, with final edits done in Lightroom.
On Friday, January 20, United Launch Alliance launched the United States Air Force's third Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) atop an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
"A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO) Flight 5 mission for the U.S. Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) lifted off on May 18 at 1:37 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station." (ULA press release)
This was the view from Playalinda Beach, 6.2 miles north of the pad. I think I've only ever shot one launch from this somewhat storied location.
When I first arrived, I had a different frame set up. But a few minutes before the launch, a work matter popped up, requiring me to break everything down and run to the car (crashing surf in the background when I returned the phone call would have been no Bueno). When I finished the call, I only had a few moments to reset, and this was where I ended up, right at the base of the ramp to entry #4.
This frame is shot at 135mm with a crop factor of 1.6x; the earlier, busier shot I posted is seriously compressed at 430mm.
Impossible d'y faire des photos, dès que le bout d'un objectif ou d'un smartphone apparaît, un(e) sbire vous tombe dessus, et ce malgré un tarif relativement élevé, surtout à quatre, pour admirer cette splendide chapelle.
Buried in the mega-trail composite version of this #SBIRS #AtlasV streak is a frame (three, actually, but the first and last frames show it very faintly) with a non-blinking streak passing over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station / 45th Space Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (high and to the left of the launch streak). In the final version, the trails all but obscure it, so this is a composite with just the launch streak (7:48 pm) and the frame showing the faint streak (7:25 pm).
With the help of Heavens-above.com, I can with reasonable certainty conclude that I caught the OAO 3 rocket body passing overhead. Launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 21, 1972 from LC-36 (now leased to Blue Origin), this is an Atlas-Centaur rocket that carried an observatory named "Copernicus" that was at the time NASA's heaviest scientific payload. (Source: WIRED)
The third rocket? In a cool display of 45+ years of rocketry, the brightly lit (and not structurally discernable, sorry) pad to the left of LC-41 is LC-39A, with the Falcon Heavy, upright, and awash in lights.
Also, my thanks to Philip Metzger. I had forgotten about this little streak, but a twitter conversation last night about airplanes in the shot reminded me.
Details:
OAO3 streak is a 30-sec exposure at ISO800 and F5 and the launch streak is a 168-sec exposure at ISO100 and f18. Edits done in Lightroom, composite done in Photoshop and final edits done (again) in Lightroom.
(Photo by Michael Seeley / We Report Space) — at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Canon EOS 550D + Canon EF 135mm f/2 USM L
Ce matin, à la fin d'un shooting dans le vieux Nice, je passe dans les petites ruelles bondées de touristes. Le soleil est déjà haut dans le ciel, on palpe cette douceur printanière et cette joie de vivre si caractéristiques de la saison et de la région.
Soudain, alors que je passe à côté d'une poissonnerie, je contemple un véritable spectacle : des dizaines de mouettes, extrêmement agressives, se partagent sauvagement les restes de quelques poissons. Au passage, elles n'hésitent pas à se soulager sur les voitures environnantes.
Ni une ni deux, je sors mon appareil fraîchement rangé afin d'immortaliser le "chef mouette" en train de crier ses ordres à ses sbires.
Excellente fin de journée à vous tous ...
30 minutes of stars + 163 seconds of rocket: It was an amazing night for a rocket launch.
Seen here is the United Launch Alliance #SBIRSGEO3 satellite, launched tonight at 7:42pm (ET) atop an #AtlasV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with great support form the 45th Space Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.
I had the streak ready within a few minutes, but this stack of star trails proved to be a bit more time consuming to process. The camera was running for nearly an hour, but a few early clouds and my own carelessness junked up a few of the frames, which of course I didn't notice until I started stacking. So this is the last half of the series, with a 4 mid-series frames removed.
Congratulations to the ULA team on their first launch of the year and for completing the first launch of the year from CCAFS.
Specs: 56x30-second exposure frames shot at ISO500 and f5.6 (trails) and then the streak is a single, 163-second exposure, all shot through an 11-24mm lens (at 11mm) on a full-frame body. Initial processing done in Lightroom, stacking done in Photoshop, with final edits done in Lightroom.
Built by Lockheed Martin, SBIRS GEO Flight 3 launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on Jan. 20. Once the satellite reached orbit, the team deployed its solar arrays, light shade and antennas, followed by activation of its infrared sensors to begin early orbit testing.
ULA launched the U.S. Space Force's fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) from SLC-41 on the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The latest satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, launched at 1:37 p.m. EDT on the Atlas V rocket flying in the 421 vehicle configuration, with a 4 meter payload fairing, 2 solid rocket boosters, and the single engine Centaur upper stage.
The U.S. Air Force’s 45th Space Wing supported United Launch Alliance’s successful launch of the third Space Based Infrared Systems Geosynchronous Earth Orbit spacecraft aboard an Atlas V rocket from Launch Complex 41 here Jan. 20 at 7:42 p.m. ET. The launch is the first major launch operation of 2017 on the Eastern Range and kicks off what is predicted to be a busy year on the Eastern Range. (Courtesy photo by United Launch Alliance)
Liftoff!
This is your 6:29am wake-up call, Space Coast: Thursday morning, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 421 launched the 6th & final Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO 6) spacecraft for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC).
On Friday, January 20, United Launch Alliance launched the United States Air Force's third Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) atop an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
"A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO) Flight 5 mission for the U.S. Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) lifted off on May 18 at 1:37 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station." (ULA press release)
This was the view from Playalinda Beach, 6.2 miles north of the pad. I think I've only ever shot one launch from this somewhat storied location.
This is shot at 430mm with a crop factor of 1.6x, and I'm at access point #4. So, everyone at access points 1-3 is compressed into the frame. The beach was certainly busy, but the lens compression makes it look extra-busy.
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the SBIRS GEO Flight 5 mission for the U.S Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 on May 18 at 1:37 p.m. EDT. Photo Credit: United Launch Alliance
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V lifts off from from Space Launch Complex-41 at 6:29 a.m. EDT on Aug. 4, 2022 for the United States Space Force’s Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO 6) mission. Photo Credit: United Launch Alliance
#SBIRS #AtlasV by United Launch Alliance, on 35mm film
Because of processing time, I get to post these images from last week of the #SBIRS #AtlasV launch by United Launch Alliance for the first time as a #TBT ("Throw Back Thursday").
This was my second foray into film after a 20+ year digital-only run, and this time I was using Kodak Ektar 100 shot with the 40-year-old Canon A1 that used to belong to (and meticulously cared for by) my dad, Wayne A Seeley.
The daytime images of the rocket were taken on January 17, 2018, and the streak was taken during the second (and obviously, successful) launch attempt on January 19, 2018. Even though the media was positioned a bit further away than usual, a 24mm lens wasn't wide enough to capture the streak from the NASA Causeway (where we were moved to because of prevailing winds), and, in retrospect, I should have gone vertical for a bit more of the arc.
But the shots of the rocket at sunset came out great. However, they do merely an adequate job of capturing just how pretty the scene was that night as we were setting up remote cameras.
(Note to self for future film shoots: write down the settings. There is no EXIF data attached to the film.)
And, as with my last roll of film, processing and high-resolution scanning was done by The Darkroom. I'm quite happy with their service.
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the SBIRS GEO Flight 5 mission for the U.S Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 on May 18 at 1:37 p.m. EDT. Photo Credit: United Launch Alliance
"Imagine how much nicer this would look with a rocket streak" or "Anti-aircraft system wanted" (alternate title)
This is the view from the LC39 Gantry, run by Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex as a (ticketed) viewing area for certain launches, such as the one scheduled for last night.
United Launch Alliance had a comfortable 45 minute window to work with, and they even resolved an issue with a sensor that was misbehaving, but a "fouled range" would prevent the launch of the #SBIRSGEO3 #AtlasV rocket. It was an airplane that flew into protected airspace that caused the hold near the end of the launch window.
The next attempt is set for tonight (Friday) and the window opens at 7:42pm.
The image shown is a star-trail stack of of 129 6-second exposures, looking toward the pad and the path the rocket would have taken, were it not for the plane.
Liftoff!
This is your 6:29am wake-up call, Space Coast: Thursday morning, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 421 launched the 6th & final Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO 6) spacecraft for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC).
The Astrobotic CubeRover traverses the terrain in the Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations Laboratory regolith bin at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 10, 2020. The regolith bin simulates the mechanical properties of the Moon’s surface. NASA and Astrobotic employees put the CubeRover through a series of more than 150 mobility tests over several days to evaluate and improve wheel design. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Lockheed Martin's fully-assembled SBIRS GEO 5 missile warning satellite moves into the Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) test chamber.
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V lifts off from from Space Launch Complex-41 at 6:29 a.m. EDT on Aug. 4, 2022 for the United States Space Force’s Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO 6) mission. Photo Credit: United Launch Alliance
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket and SBIRS GEO Flight 5 mission for the United States Space Force sit on the pad at Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral at sunset. Photo Credit: United Launch Alliance
#SBIRS #AtlasV by United Launch Alliance, on 35mm film
Because of processing time, I get to post these images from last week of the #SBIRS #AtlasV launch by United Launch Alliance for the first time as a #TBT ("Throw Back Thursday").
This was my second foray into film after a 20+ year digital-only run, and this time I was using Kodak Ektar 100 shot with the 40-year-old Canon A1 that used to belong to (and meticulously cared for by) my dad, Wayne A Seeley.
The daytime images of the rocket were taken on January 17, 2018, and the streak was taken during the second (and obviously, successful) launch attempt on January 19, 2018. Even though the media was positioned a bit further away than usual, a 24mm lens wasn't wide enough to capture the streak from the NASA Causeway (where we were moved to because of prevailing winds), and, in retrospect, I should have gone vertical for a bit more of the arc.
But the shots of the rocket at sunset came out great. However, they do merely an adequate job of capturing just how pretty the scene was that night as we were setting up remote cameras.
(Note to self for future film shoots: write down the settings. There is no EXIF data attached to the film.)
And, as with my last roll of film, processing and high-resolution scanning was done by The Darkroom. I'm quite happy with their service.
The 45th Space Wing supports United Launch Alliance’s successful launch of the third Space Based Infrared Systems Geosynchronous Earth Orbit spacecraft aboard an Atlas V rocket from Launch Complex 41 Jan. 20, 2017, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The launch is the first major launch operation of 2017 on the Eastern Range and kicks off what is predicted to be a busy year. (Courtesy photo/United Launch Alliance)
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket and SBIRS GEO Flight 5 mission for the United States Space Force sit on the pad at Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral at sunset. Photo Credit: United Launch Alliance
Lockheed Martin's fully-assembled SBIRS GEO 5 missile warning satellite moves into the Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) test chamber.
United Launch Alliance (ULA) Harlingen, TX technicians completed assembly and delivered the aluminum payload fairing that will enclose the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile System's fifth Space Based Infrared Systems GEO satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) during launch. It safely arrived at the Florida spaceport to begin final pre-flight preparations for launch later this spring. Photo credit: United Launch Alliance