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Hubble wasn't but a pair of Key Hole satellites (KH-11) were. https://www.americaspace.com/2012/06/06/top-secret-kh-11-spysat-design-revealed-by-nros-twin-tele
by billh 7y ago
Hubble wasn't but a pair of Key Hole satellites (KH-11) were.
https://www.americaspace.com/2012/06/06/top-secret-kh-11-spysat-design-revealed-by-nros-twin-telescope-gift-to-nasa/ https://www.americaspace.com/2012/06/06/top-secret-kh-11-spy...
- garmaine 7y agoHubble was built by the same contractors that build the Keyhole satellites. They whole idea from the beginning was to reuse the spy satellite hardware for astronomy.
- Phlarp 7y agoAlmost everything is reusable between these applications, just need a flatter mirror. Which was also what they screwed up.