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Re:Satellites Confirm Sinking of San Francisco's Millennium ... by dogma1138 on Friday November 25, 2016 @11:08AM (#13037633)
Most countries launch EOS's that are either civilian grade or considerably lesser than that.

Only the US has really the ability to fund the crazy bus sized EOS platforms.

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Re:Satellites Confirm Sinking of San Francisco's Millennium ... by adrianN on Friday November 25, 2016 @11:18AM (#13037711)
Himawari is a Japanese weather satellite that is 8m long and weighs 3.5 tons.
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Re:Satellites Confirm Sinking of San Francisco's Millennium ... by dogma1138 on Friday November 25, 2016 @11:32AM (#13037826)
Block III and newer K-11 platforms are 20 meters in length and weight 20,000 KG.

Also the dry mass of Himawari is 1300 kg, it's based on the MELCO DS-2000 bus which is meant for communication satellites, it doesn't have an 8M telescope assembly.

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Re:Satellites Confirm Sinking of San Francisco's Millennium ... by adrianN on Friday November 25, 2016 @12:04PM (#13038093)
Okay, that's really big. Thanks for the info!
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