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> why even use an (obvious, provocative) balloon in the first place, when China has perfectly good satellites. The balloon floated about 100x closer to the sur
by jallen_dot_dev 4y ago
> why even use an (obvious, provocative) balloon in the first place, when China has perfectly good satellites.
The balloon floated about 100x closer to the surface than a satellite in low-Earth orbit and travelled much slower, making it potentially easier to collect signals/images.