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Old declassified U.S. spy sats are bigger than Hubble!!
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1927/1 Look at the size of those mothers! Them things are bigger than Hubble and these are the ones from the '60's and '70's. Just imagine the size current ones! |
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Old declassified U.S. spy sats are bigger than Hubble!!
On Sep 15, 10:00*am, "Anonymous Remailer (austria)"
wrote: http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1927/1 Look at the size of those mothers! Them things are bigger than Hubble and these are the ones from the '60's and '70's. Just imagine the size current ones! Those KH-9s could have been giving us 2 foot resolution of our moon from the very get go. The later KH-11 could have provided us with 15 mm digital resolution of our physically dark moon as of before 1980. http://translate.google.com/# Brad Guth, Brad_Guth, Brad.Guth, BradGuth, BG / “Guth Usenet” |
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Old declassified U.S. spy sats are bigger than Hubble!!
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:34:59 -0400, Jeff Findley
wrote: http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1927/1 Look at the size of those mothers! Them things are bigger than Hubble and these are the ones from the '60's and '70's. Just imagine the size current ones! I thought Hubble was roughly the size of the KH-11. And the current ones can't be much bigger, because we've seen them being launched and Titan IV's payload shroud isn't much bigger than Shuttle's payload bay. Brian |
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Old declassified U.S. spy sats are bigger than Hubble!!
On 9/15/2011 12:34 PM, Jeff Findley wrote:
I thought Hubble was roughly the size of the KH-11. Hubble was supposed to be about the same size as KH-11, as both were originally designed to be about the max size that would fit inside the Shuttle cargo bay for launch, with KH-11 and Hubble using a lot of the same technology developed at the same time, with Hubble being sort of a KH-11 redesigned for astronomical work, and KH-11 using Hubble R&D funding to cut down on its development costs. One modified KH-11 was apparently orbited by the Shuttle on the STS-36 mission in 1990: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-36 Pat |
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Old declassified U.S. spy sats are bigger than Hubble!!
On Sep 15, 10:03*pm, Pat Flannery wrote:
On 9/15/2011 12:34 PM, Jeff Findley wrote: I thought Hubble was roughly the size of the KH-11. Hubble was supposed to be about the same size as KH-11, as both were originally designed to be about the max size that would fit inside the Shuttle cargo bay for launch, with KH-11 and Hubble using a lot of the same technology developed at the same time, with Hubble being sort of a KH-11 redesigned for astronomical work, and KH-11 using Hubble R&D funding to cut down on its development costs. One modified KH-11 was apparently orbited by the Shuttle on the STS-36 mission in 1990:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-36 Pat Actually, there was quite a bit more room available than just what would fit Hubble. That extra room means that a spy satellite, like KH-11, could have a good-sized propulsion module attached to it for orbital maneuvering. I suspect the Bus-1 series of propulsion modules that were suggested for the SSF redesigns in the early 1990's is exactly that. -Mike |
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Old declassified U.S. spy sats are bigger than Hubble!!
On 9/17/2011 10:23 AM, Mike DiCenso wrote:
Actually, there was quite a bit more room available than just what would fit Hubble. That extra room means that a spy satellite, like KH-11, could have a good-sized propulsion module attached to it for orbital maneuvering. I suspect the Bus-1 series of propulsion modules that were suggested for the SSF redesigns in the early 1990's is exactly that. The KH-9 “Big Bird” was put on display, with photographing it being okay; photos and video of it he http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1568 ....lots of gold plating and foil around the film reentry capsules. KH-8 Gambit will be revealed tonight indoors. KH-9 indeed does indeed have a propulsion module attached to it, with a fairly low thrust rocket engine on it. Pat |
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Old declassified U.S. spy sats are bigger than Hubble!!
On 16/09/2011 3:00 AM, Anonymous Remailer (austria) wrote:
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Old declassified U.S. spy sats are bigger than Hubble!!
On 9/17/2011 4:43 PM, Pat Flannery wrote:
The KH-9 “Big Bird” was put on display, with photographing it being okay; photos and video of it he http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1568 ...lots of gold plating and foil around the film reentry capsules. KH-8 Gambit will be revealed tonight indoors. KH-9 indeed does indeed have a propulsion module attached to it, with a fairly low thrust rocket engine on it. NRO has now put a whole pile of KH-8/9 info up on their website: http://www.nro.gov/foia/declass/GAMBHEX.html Pat |
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Old declassified U.S. spy sats are bigger than Hubble!!
On Sep 18, 1:55*am, Pat Flannery wrote:
On 9/17/2011 4:43 PM, Pat Flannery wrote: The KH-9 “Big Bird” was put on display, with photographing it being okay; photos and video of it he http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1568 ...lots of gold plating and foil around the film reentry capsules. KH-8 Gambit will be revealed tonight indoors. KH-9 indeed does indeed have a propulsion module attached to it, with a fairly low thrust rocket engine on it. NRO has now put a whole pile of KH-8/9 info up on their website:http://www.nro.gov/foia/declass/GAMBHEX.html You can definitely there is a great transition there from the Corona series to the later "Hubble" like KH-11s. Also evident is the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) heritage in the construction of the KH-9 HEXAGONs, -Mike |
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