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Article #4215Re: Spy Satellites Again
From: Vulture of Light
Date: Wed, 04 May 1988 21:22
Date: Wed, 04 May 1988 21:22
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In article karn@thumper.bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn) writes: > "Satellites hundreds of miles in space that can detect ground > objects less than an inch wide." > > Anyone care to comment? On a television program I saw a purported satellite image of a ~ square foot region that was pretty clear. Although I can imagine the TV people mixing it up with something from a surveillance aircraft. Also, the U.S. monitors space junk probably much smaller than 1 inch. Each piece is a potential missile or something to rip through a shuttle or whathaveyou.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!elroy!cit-vax!ucla-cs!lanai!trainor From: trainor@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (Vulture of Light) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: Spy Satellites Again Message-ID: <11962@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Date: 4 May 88 21:22:31 GMT References: <23855@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <1066@thumper.bellcore.com> Sender: news@CS.UCLA.EDU Reply-To: trainor@lanai.UUCP (Vulture of Light) Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 12