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20m resolution from geosynchronous orbit is pretty neat engineering. 20m at 35000km is 0.12 arc seconds. The Arecibo dish (also L-band) was (well, is, but it's
by adhesive_wombat 3y ago
20m resolution from geosynchronous orbit is pretty neat engineering. 20m at 35000km is 0.12 arc seconds. The Arecibo dish (also L-band) was (well, is, but it's also full of wreckage) gets 3.5 arc minutes resolution.