Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:20:24 -0700 To: APBIDDLE@mailaps.org From: antonio@qualcomm.com CC: amsat-bb@amsat.org; k6hx@arrl.net; n3tl@bellsouth.net Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: On the possibility of imaging AO-40
At 04:56 AM 10/16/2009, Alan P. Biddle wrote:
Getting an image is clearly possible, but only if you can get a certain agency known by its initials to do it.
I offer a different opinion. We know how large the primary mirror (optical aperture) of these spy satellites are, because we know how big the launch vehicles are, and the satellites had to fit into the launch vehicles. Therefore, I believe they are no larger than Hubble. Therefore, I figure the spook agencies can't actually help us.
I think that you are correct..when Hubble was carried to Cape Kennedy AVLeak reported that it arrived in the same carrier as the KH's used. There are differences between the two I think, but the mirror is about the same (in my opinion)
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