Re:Analysis of the Nahid-1/Safir launch failure satellite image
by makomk on Saturday August 31, 2019 @07:04AM
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It sounds like, from the description of the previous image and non-classified information about KH-11 such as that released when two surplus satellites were released to NASA for possible conversion to telescopes, this pretty much just matches up with what we already knew about its capabilities. If amateur satellite-watchers hadn't already figured out this was a Keyhole satellite and tracked its orbit closely this might have given that away and helped Iran stage their launches to avoid its watchful eyes, but as it is I don't think any great secrets are being revealed here.
https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/cxmfjd/president_...
https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/cxmfjd/president_...
tldr; potentially 15-20cm resolution taken on this angle. And if it's the KH-11 (or later advanced kennen/kh-12), it is the first image since 1984 (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Janeskh1...)