On 12/4/2010 9:44 PM, Jay Honeck wrote:
So, Jim -- what's the mission of this thing?
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Jay Honeck

That's a leading question - which you will not find answered definitively.
The vessel has however changed orbit several times, so exercising the
ready reconnaissance mode is a fair bet. Another likely objective
was to find how long it was reasonable to expect a mission to last.
There was a suggestion of "up to nine months" at one point.
Then there's the "check out the other guys' satellites."
(Yep, the military DOES watch the movies - including Bond, James Bond,
and the satellite that swallows satellites.)
Last but not least, porting a high power laser weapon into orbit for trials.

Brian W