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I wonder what the 'refresh-rate' is of a scan, as in how many times a second/minute/hour is the image refreshed. I doubt such a wide area could be real-time. Gu
by alex_hitchins 8y ago
I wonder what the 'refresh-rate' is of a scan, as in how many times a second/minute/hour is the image refreshed. I doubt such a wide area could be real-time. Guessing it's enough that it's possible to track and locate rogue ships.
- thebooktocome 8y agohttps://www.sandia.gov/radar/video/index.html https://www.sandia.gov/radar/video/index.html These videos are pretty old, IIRC.
- planteen 8y agoIt looks like a 580 km polar orbit, so any given point on the Earth will only be scanned twice in a day - once at night and once in the day. https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1041372372924739586 https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/104137237292473958...