Never again ask "why can't they launch a satellite from an airplane?"

[robkelk]

Because they - NASA - just did, launching the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System from an aircraft at 40,000 feet.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/16 ... ss_launch/
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[LilFluff]

Ask instead why it's been so poorly publicized that satellites have been launched from planes for years... 
(Also ask, why are the post and cancel buttons are so close to each other)
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