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karn@servo.qualcomm.com (Phil Karn) writes:

> In article <1993Jan10.122415.20405@bernina.ethz.ch> caronni@nessie.cs.id.ethz
> >Isn't there a possibility to place some mirrors up there, align their 
> >positions by measuring distances between them with laser or whatsoever,
> >and then computationally combine the so won pictures ?
> 
> I thought about this some time ago, because it would be the only way
> to overcome the fundamental limits on what you can do from orbital
> altitude with something that can fit inside the payload fairing of a
> launcher like the Titan (commonly used to launch spy payloads out of
> Vandenburg).

It seems it would be more feasable to take several pictures by the same 
satellite at slightly different locations and combine them 
electronically. I'm not sure I understand the limits of this but I've 
been led to beleive that it works. A similar method is being used with 
radio-telescopes, recording the information simultaneously at several 
sites and then combining the data to get better resolution.


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