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Lots and lots of satellites that keep passing overhead and you compose the images to abstract away the fact they came from multiple physical satellites. Idk ho

Lots and lots of satellites that keep passing overhead and you compose the images to abstract away the fact they came from multiple physical satellites. Idk how many companies/govs have this capability but: https://www.palantir.com/offerings/metaconstellation/ https://www.palantir.com/offerings/metaconstellation/

tomrod 4y ago
Planet.com. Maxar. Etc. CubeSats are cheap and effective.
bboygravity 4y ago
There's only one company with that capability and that's the only organization in the world ever to achieve first stage (and soon all stage) reusability for LEO launches. Because to achieve that you need to put a lot of stuff in orbit and the only way to affordably do that is cheap (reusable) launches.
- ethanbond 4y ago
  I don't believe that's true. There are quite a few companies with tons of satellites in space. Walmart put up an array in 1987.
- sgt101 4y ago
  The technical change is that you can build very useful, very small sats, which are cheap. Current SpaceX launch costs are lower, but like 1/2 price and 2x is not a big premium for a national security need.
  - georgeg23 4y ago
    10x cost for Falcon 9 (actual internal cost) and 100x less for Starship when available..
georgeg23 4y ago
Interesting that Palantir video shows SpaceX dragon as an example of "integrating with existing satellites". Plantir's Thiel and Elon go way back...
- tough 4y ago
  They don't call it the Paypal Mafia just cause
  - georgeg23 4y ago
    Pretty clear this guy is a key player in their mafia https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Griffin#Career https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Griffin#Career
    - CPLX 4y ago
      > In 2002, Griffin was President and COO of In-Q-Tel, a private enterprise funded by the CIA to identify and invest in companies developing cutting-edge technologies that serve national security interests. During this time, he met entrepreneur Elon Musk and accompanied him on a trip to Russia where they attempted to purchase ICBMs. They did what now?
      - they4kman 4y ago
        Yeah, so the lore goes, Musk just wanted to send humans to Mars, and had no intention, originally, to build his own rockets. The first tactic was to retool an ICBM for spacier spaceflight, but the Russians laughed them out of the country.
        paranoidrobot 4y ago
        It was a simpler goal than that. From the first paragraph or two of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_SpaceX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_SpaceX > In August 2001, Musk shared a plenary talk with Mike Griffin at the fourth Mars Society convention where he announced his plans to send his greenhouse to Mars.[6] In October 2001, Musk travelled to Moscow with Jim Cantrell and Adeo Ressi to buy refurbished Dnepr ICBMs that could send the envisioned payloads into space.[7]
Redoubts 4y ago
But then it’s hard to claim that such a system is targeting any one specific place.
- ethanbond 4y ago
  Well, it’s certainly easy to claim that
  - Redoubts 4y ago
    *credibly :)

tomrod 4y ago

Planet.com. Maxar. Etc. CubeSats are cheap and effective.

bboygravity 4y ago

There's only one company with that capability and that's the only organization in the world ever to achieve first stage (and soon all stage) reusability for LEO launches. Because to achieve that you need to put a lot of stuff in orbit and the only way to affordably do that is cheap (reusable) launches.

ethanbond 4y ago
I don't believe that's true. There are quite a few companies with tons of satellites in space. Walmart put up an array in 1987.
sgt101 4y ago
The technical change is that you can build very useful, very small sats, which are cheap. Current SpaceX launch costs are lower, but like 1/2 price and 2x is not a big premium for a national security need.
- georgeg23 4y ago
  10x cost for Falcon 9 (actual internal cost) and 100x less for Starship when available..

georgeg23 4y ago

Interesting that Palantir video shows SpaceX dragon as an example of "integrating with existing satellites". Plantir's Thiel and Elon go way back...

tough 4y ago
They don't call it the Paypal Mafia just cause
- georgeg23 4y ago
  Pretty clear this guy is a key player in their mafia https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Griffin#Career https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Griffin#Career
  - CPLX 4y ago
    > In 2002, Griffin was President and COO of In-Q-Tel, a private enterprise funded by the CIA to identify and invest in companies developing cutting-edge technologies that serve national security interests. During this time, he met entrepreneur Elon Musk and accompanied him on a trip to Russia where they attempted to purchase ICBMs. They did what now?
    - they4kman 4y ago
      Yeah, so the lore goes, Musk just wanted to send humans to Mars, and had no intention, originally, to build his own rockets. The first tactic was to retool an ICBM for spacier spaceflight, but the Russians laughed them out of the country.
      - paranoidrobot 4y ago
        It was a simpler goal than that. From the first paragraph or two of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_SpaceX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_SpaceX > In August 2001, Musk shared a plenary talk with Mike Griffin at the fourth Mars Society convention where he announced his plans to send his greenhouse to Mars.[6] In October 2001, Musk travelled to Moscow with Jim Cantrell and Adeo Ressi to buy refurbished Dnepr ICBMs that could send the envisioned payloads into space.[7]

Redoubts 4y ago

But then it’s hard to claim that such a system is targeting any one specific place.

ethanbond 4y ago
Well, it’s certainly easy to claim that
- Redoubts 4y ago
  *credibly :)