Re: [amsat-bb] Re : Taking a picture of AO40 in orbit?

[Jon Ogden <na9d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 8/12/01 6:39 AM, Alan P. Biddle at APBIDDLE@att.net wrote:

> You might remember there was a problem with one of the solar panels on
> Skylab?  It didn't deploy properly due to some mechanical failure, and there
> was concern before the first crew was sent up.  NASA was provided with some
> pictures by "another government agency" which had enough resolution to show
> the damaged parts, including some broken rivets or bolts.  The angle of the
> pictures showed that the pictures were taken from orbit.  And that was 25+
> years ago.  Hmmm.

Well, it's a pretty well known fact that the US government has satellites in
orbit with cameras that have enough resolutions that they could read your
license plate from space............

73,

Jon
NA9D

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Jon Ogden
NA9D (ex: KE9NA)

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