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Re:SpaceX exploring mission to boost Hubble by adhesive_wombat on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @02:13PM (#33099156)
There are also two "Stubby Hubble" chassis sitting in storage because they're so obsolete that the NRO just donated them. However there is no budget to actually be able to use them.

If the famously secretive[1] NRO can just donate that, imagine how far ahead their newer stuff is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_National_Reconnaissance_O...

[1]: founded in 1960, but only officially acknowledged in 1973 and then by accident.

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Re:SpaceX exploring mission to boost Hubble by 51Cards on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @02:52PM (#33099751)
I think one of those is currently being turned into the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope, though I haven't heard about progress in awhile.
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Re:SpaceX exploring mission to boost Hubble by contact9879 on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @02:59PM (#33099835)
It's been renamed to the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope scheduled to launch May 2027.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Grace_Roman_Space_Telesc...

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Re:SpaceX exploring mission to boost Hubble by adhesive_wombat on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @03:09PM (#33099966)
Well colour me updated! That's nice to hear.
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Re:SpaceX exploring mission to boost Hubble by rdhatt on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @03:05PM (#33099917)
... imagine how far ahead their newer stuff is.

Trump gave the whole world a good idea how far ahead the newer stuff is when he tweeted an image from an NRO satellite. Estimated at ~10cm/pixel resolution.

Scott Manley published a great break down: https://youtu.be/JRLVFn9z0Gc

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