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Well, there's been a LOT of KH-11 satellites over the years, so unlike with Hubble the NRO has had the opportunity to just put up an updated satellite instead o
by laverya 4y ago
Well, there's been a LOT of KH-11 satellites over the years, so unlike with Hubble the NRO has had the opportunity to just put up an updated satellite instead of trying to fix an existing one.
Seriously, Wikipedia lists 5 generations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KH-11_KENNEN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KH-11_KENNEN 5+3+4+3+3 total launches.
- matthewdgreen 4y agoIt is completely depressing that we got one (now two) space telescopes, and… 14 equivalent Earth telescopes.
- laverya 4y agoTo be fair, we wouldn't have gotten the space telescopes at all without the Earth telescopes and their predecessors.