Redditor works out which generation of satellite took surveillance image of Iran

Re:Redditor works out which generation of satellite took sur... by sitkack on Saturday August 31, 2019 @12:30AM (#20844618)

What is depressing is that 4/5th of the HSTs are used for surveillance instead of science.

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Re:Redditor works out which generation of satellite took sur... by coolspot on Saturday August 31, 2019 @01:13AM (#20844717)

Hubble was built out of leftovers from spy satellites.

Without those 4 there would be no 5th.

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Re:Redditor works out which generation of satellite took sur... by bradknowles on Sunday September 01, 2019 @01:19AM (#20850599)

I’ve always wondered why the mirror was slightly out of whack on it, and why the astronauts had to “give it glasses” to fix that problem.

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