Trump accidentally revealed on Twitter a secret US companion

The President of the United States posted on his Twitter photo of the Iranian spaceport. Using this photo, astronomers were able to calculate the secret American satellite that is tracking Iran.

Photo: Facebook / The White House

The US and Iran have a complicated history of relations. Several generations of American authorities have accused official Tehran of illegally developing nuclear weapons and sponsoring international terrorism, writes “New time«.

The conflict began to decline when US President Barack Obama lifted Iran’s economic sanctions in exchange for a promise to limit the development of nuclear weapons.

Since the beginning of the presidency of Donald trump, the situation has worsened again, as the conservative broke the agreement with Iran and returned the sanctions. In addition to this tense situation, the other day in northern Iran, during a test launch, the Safir SLV space launch vehicle exploded.

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To relieve himself of responsibility, Donald Trump posted on his Twitter a photo of the Iranian spaceport and wrote that "the United States is not related to this incident." At first glance, nothing unusual, but astronomers pondered where Trump got a photo of the launch pad in Iran in good resolution.

As the Universe Today, Dutch astronomer Marco Langbrook (the one who first shot the SpaceX Starlink satellites) was able to identify the American satellite who photographed the spaceport in Iran.

Using the shadows in the photo, Langbrook determined the exact location of the camera and the time when the photo was taken. After analyzing the open registry of aircraft, the astronomer precisely determined that at that time in that place there could only be a secret American satellite USA 224, any information about which was carefully concealed by US intelligence.

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In an interview with NPR, Marco Langbrook said that the USA 224 is "a large telescope that is almost no different from the Hubble Space Telescope." This satellite is also called the KH-11, and it has an 2,4-meter mirror installed, like the Hubble scientific research telescope.

Only with the help of such equipment could U.S. intelligence make such a high-quality photo of the Iranian spaceport from Earth’s orbit. Later, the discovery of Langbrook was confirmed by scientists from the Dutch Institute of Radio Astronomy. Max.

Now, Trump may face a court for revealing state secrets, namely, some of the technical characteristics, missions and orbits of the USA 224 secret intelligence satellite.

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