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Secret payloads which are impossible to track via radar or optically either from the ground or via other satellites? Really? Tell me more.
by iraqmtpizza 3y ago
Secret payloads which are impossible to track via radar or optically either from the ground or via other satellites? Really? Tell me more.
- wongarsu 3y agoThere was Zuma, the classified satellite that officially failed to separate from the payload adapter and burned up in the atmosphere but was widely speculated to be a successful test of stealth satellite technology, with the satellite successfully reaching orbit and going dark. A lot of talk about us knowing very little, but everyone loved to show off this graphic from a stealth satellite patent [1]. Of course if the NRO does a good job and the technology works we will never know that it does. 1: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DTW_zc_W0AEH3Un?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DTW_zc_W0AEH3Un?format=jpg&name=...
- iraqmtpizza 3y agoWidely speculated by advanced radar owners and high-power telecope owners? Can you give me a few names?