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Hubble design was designed to be compatible to some extent with military spy satellite. Perhaps here it is again the case ?
by PetitPrince 10y ago
Hubble design was designed to be compatible to some extent with military spy satellite. Perhaps here it is again the case ?
- InclinedPlane 10y agoI can assure you that there is very little design commonality between JWST and surveillance satellites. JWST is a very unique mission that is completely different from that of spysats.
- knowaveragejoe 10y agoHubble design is that of a spy satellite.
- semaphoreP 10y agoThis is probably unlikely as JWST is designed to fly in L2 and not in a geosynchronous orbit. Additionally, at the wavelengths it is operating at (mid-infrared), if it pointed towards Earth, it'd just see the heat of the Earth's atmosphere. Probably not very great for spying.