ESA News http://www.esa.int 31 July 2008 ESA meets increasing demand for Earth observation data Earth observation satellite data have never been in more demand than today as missions have demonstrated their ability to enable better understanding and improved management of the Earth and its environment. ESA is meeting this demand by providing additional data, serving large science programmes
Brian Thorn wrote: We can't be sure of that. The point of X-37 might be an extremely low single orbit (like a Shuttle AOA). It does have wings and heat shield, afterall. The original design requirements called for it to be able to operate in orbit for up to 470 days. Also, you could do a lot better mission along those lines by simply launching a normal ballistically shaped
On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:03:25 -0500, Pat Flannery <flanner@daktel.com> wrote: About the same size as U-2 or SR-71 equipment bays. Yeah, but there's no need to do actual film return anymore, plus even a low orbit is far, far, higher than a U-2 or SR-71 ever flew. We can't be sure of that. The point of X-37 might be an extremely low single orbit (like a Shuttle AOA). It does
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On Oct 2, 11:37 am, John Schilling <schil...@spock.usc.edu> wrote: One-meter resolution from LEO requires a mirror less than half a meter across, which is quite plausible for a microsatellite. Quite possibly already demonstrated, depending on how you define "microsatellite". OrbView-3 came in at ~350 kg, IIRC. Indeed, WorldView-1, currently being checked out in orbit, has a 60 cm
