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Just like you can link a bunch of smaller telescopes on the ground to compensate for air distortion and get a significantly higher resolution, it should be poss
by count 15y ago
Just like you can link a bunch of smaller telescopes on the ground to compensate for air distortion and get a significantly higher resolution, it should be possible to do the same with a bunch of satellites looking down.
- a-priori 15y agoBut then you have to deal with parallax from nearby objects on the ground. That would limit its usefulness in hilly, mountainous or urban environments.
- dredmorbius 15y agoThat's something computers are really, really good at. The cameras don't have to be too widely separated. A little time and space helps a lot. The main problem is that this reduces your areal coverage as you're dedicating multiple sensors to a single sensing target.