4 ms·
I wonder about that. Hubble, after all, could have been looked at the same way from the outside, but it was essentially a proof of concept for a constellation o
by BobbyJo 5y ago
I wonder about that. Hubble, after all, could have been looked at the same way from the outside, but it was essentially a proof of concept for a constellation of top secret satellites still in use today.
- anonymousiam 5y agohttps://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...
- asmithmd1 5y agoThe opposite is true. Hubble is a stripped down version of a Keyhole spy satellite that was already in production. One of the major repairs (replace solar panels) was required because of long duration exposures used in astronomy that are not used in spying. Remember that Hubble was essentially useless until heroically repaired the first time by Story Musgrave. Many subsequent repairs were required to get the best pictures from it - like the deep field, long duration picture.