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Satellites are in orbit, so can't be used if you want more than a few minutes of continuous surveillance. Drones have an iffy legal status. Using a piloted lig
by dalke 10y ago
Satellites are in orbit, so can't be used if you want more than a few minutes of continuous surveillance.
Drones have an iffy legal status. Using a piloted light aircraft gets rid of that uncertainty.
- cromulent 10y agoThere are over 400 satellites in geostationary orbit, so maybe some of those could be used. However, that places them so high that photography might not be practical.