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Article #7876Re: Satellites and diffraction limits
From: Tom Tedrick
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1988 07:35
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1988 07:35
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Here is an extract from "The Puzzle Palace" (James Bamford) page 259: " ... the Code 467 satellite, better known as Big Bird ... first launched on June 15, 1971 ... built around an extraordinary, superhigh resolution camera capable of distinguishing objects eight inches across from a height of ninety miles ... "
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!labrea!jade!ucbvax!ernie.Berkeley.EDU!tedrick From: tedrick@ernie.Berkeley.EDU (Tom Tedrick) Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.crypt Subject: Re: Satellites and diffraction limits Message-ID: <22587@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 15 Jan 88 07:35:58 GMT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: tedrick@ernie.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Tom Tedrick) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 6