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You could fold quite a large collapsing antenna into that sort of space, and reconfigurable orbits would make very high resolution SAR scans available virtually
by regularfry 16y ago
You could fold quite a large collapsing antenna into that sort of space, and reconfigurable orbits would make very high resolution SAR scans available virtually on demand. I can see that being extremely useful.
- mjb 16y agoSAR is indeed a great use for this kind of platform, but the equipment needed to do really high-quality work might be too bulky for this platform. The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission equipment (http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/images/photos/srtm_22_lo.jpg http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/images/photos/srtm_22_lo.jpg) certainly wouldn't have fitted, given the description of the available space.
- tsotha 16y agoThose SAR sats are the size of a bus.