tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post1492984635001363275..comments2023-10-24T10:09:22.146+01:00Comments on The Yorkshire Ranter: Dodgy ChequesAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153530634675543954noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-61053753916507438302007-12-07T22:04:00.000+01:002007-12-07T22:04:00.000+01:00Mirror, parabolic, 1.5 metre diameter, silicon-car...Mirror, parabolic, 1.5 metre diameter, silicon-carbide lightweighted: ten million pounds<BR/><BR/>100kpix hyperspectral pushbroom focal-plane setup: ten million pounds<BR/><BR/>Solar panels, comms dishes, structural components, magnetic torquers et al: fifty million pounds<BR/><BR/>Two channels on Skynet 5 24/7: sixty million pounds<BR/><BR/>Getting an Ariane 5 taking one of Murdoch's satellites up to drop you off in LEO on the way : a hundred million pounds<BR/><BR/>Independent IMINT capability: priceless<BR/><BR/>Everyone and their aunt seems to be launching 1m-resolution radar satellites at the moment; SAR-Lupe from Germany, COSMO-SkyMed from Italy, the Japanese Information Gathering Satellites. <BR/><BR/>I don't know what French radar imaging is like, though obviously they have SPOT; what's the current status of their threat to publish high-res photos and orbital elements of all USA satellites with unpublished orbital elements?<BR/><BR/>I wish that the SAR imagery from Envisat were as well-disseminated as the optical imagery is through MIRAVI.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com