- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by
AirshipJungleman29
talk 16:30, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
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LACE (satellite)
- ... that the Low-power Atmospheric Compensation Experiment (LACE) (pictured) was the first Department of Defense satellite launched on a commercial launch vehicle?
- ALT1: ... that the 150 ft (46m) long retractable booms on the LACE satellite (pictured) were the longest ever put in space at the time of launch?
- Source: Amato, Ivan. "13". Taking Technology Higher The Naval Center for Space Technology and the Making of the Space Age (p. 252)
https://www.nrl.navy.mil/Portals/38/PDF%20Files/Taking_Technology_Higher_Amato.pdf "In the initial days and weeks after the LACE launch, he and colleagues spent many hours at the Blossom Point ground station in southern Maryland checking the spacecraft’s systems, which included, among other superlatives, the longest retractable
booms that had ever flown in space"- ALT2: ... that the Ultraviolet Plume Instrument onboard the LACE satellite (pictured) tracked rocket plumes from space for the United States's Star Wars program?
- Source: Naval Research Laboratory (October 1, 1991). "LACE" (PDF). Defense Technical Information Center. Washington DC: Naval Research Laboratory. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA339075.pdf (p. 2): "SDIO [Strategic Defense Initiative Organization] began discussing the addition of an instrument to take video images of rocket plumes by their UV emission."
Images on pp. 20-22, some color versions at https://web.archive.org/web/20070916140820/http://code8200.nrl.navy.mil/uvpi.html, or on Commons- Reviewed:
- Comment: Hook: technically LACE was launched alongside another "Star Wars" satellite as a dual payload on the same rocket, however, LACE was deployed first so it still was the "first" satellite launched/deployed in the mission
AltHook: I would love to say that these were the longest booms *ever* deployed in space, but I haven't found any up-to-date sources or papers stating that.
AltHook2: "Star Wars" is the popular nickname for the Strategic Defense Initiative program
SpacePod9 ( talk) 08:47, 6 June 2024 (UTC).
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main, ALT1 and ALT2 all verified
Hawkeye7
(discuss) 01:00, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
The image is of marginal quality. I don't think we should use it. RoySmith (talk) 20:37, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by
AirshipJungleman29
talk 16:30, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
| DYK toolbox |
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LACE (satellite)
- ... that the Low-power Atmospheric Compensation Experiment (LACE) (pictured) was the first Department of Defense satellite launched on a commercial launch vehicle?
- ALT1: ... that the 150 ft (46m) long retractable booms on the LACE satellite (pictured) were the longest ever put in space at the time of launch?
- Source: Amato, Ivan. "13". Taking Technology Higher The Naval Center for Space Technology and the Making of the Space Age (p. 252)
https://www.nrl.navy.mil/Portals/38/PDF%20Files/Taking_Technology_Higher_Amato.pdf "In the initial days and weeks after the LACE launch, he and colleagues spent many hours at the Blossom Point ground station in southern Maryland checking the spacecraft’s systems, which included, among other superlatives, the longest retractable
booms that had ever flown in space"- ALT2: ... that the Ultraviolet Plume Instrument onboard the LACE satellite (pictured) tracked rocket plumes from space for the United States's Star Wars program?
- Source: Naval Research Laboratory (October 1, 1991). "LACE" (PDF). Defense Technical Information Center. Washington DC: Naval Research Laboratory. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA339075.pdf (p. 2): "SDIO [Strategic Defense Initiative Organization] began discussing the addition of an instrument to take video images of rocket plumes by their UV emission."
Images on pp. 20-22, some color versions at https://web.archive.org/web/20070916140820/http://code8200.nrl.navy.mil/uvpi.html, or on Commons- Reviewed:
- Comment: Hook: technically LACE was launched alongside another "Star Wars" satellite as a dual payload on the same rocket, however, LACE was deployed first so it still was the "first" satellite launched/deployed in the mission
AltHook: I would love to say that these were the longest booms *ever* deployed in space, but I haven't found any up-to-date sources or papers stating that.
AltHook2: "Star Wars" is the popular nickname for the Strategic Defense Initiative program
SpacePod9 ( talk) 08:47, 6 June 2024 (UTC).
General eligibility:
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New enough:
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Long enough:
- Other problems:
| Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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| Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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| Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px. |
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| QPQ: None required. |
Overall:
main, ALT1 and ALT2 all verified
Hawkeye7
(discuss) 01:00, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
The image is of marginal quality. I don't think we should use it. RoySmith (talk) 20:37, 30 June 2024 (UTC)