Re:When a Telescope Is a National-Security Risk
by nradov on Monday December 02, 2024 @10:27PM
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I think that part of the article may be confused, the result of a misunderstanding or a translation error. We're getting secondhand information from an astronomer who isn't a native English speaker filtered through some random journalist.
It basically says the telescope can take high res pictures of secret satellites, but they have to wait 3 days to release them.
It claims after 3 days, nobody will know where they are “now.”
That seems to suggest the concern is location, not appearance. It also suggests the locations aren’t predictable.