Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sm.unisys.com!csun!polyslo!jmckerna From: jmckerna@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (THE VIKING) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Info wanted on Atlantis "secret" military satellite payload Message-ID: <6464@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Date: 6 Dec 88 10:08:10 GMT References: <684@pyuxd.UUCP> <1988Dec4.225033.18207@utzoo.uucp> Reply-To: jmckerna@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (THE VIKING) Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo Lines: 19 In article <1988Dec4.225033.18207@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: >The giveaway is the low-altitude (well, relatively low, it's high for the >shuttle) and high-inclination orbit. This is a spysat of some kind, very >probably a KH-12. It's a fairly good bet that the KH-12 looks a lot like >the Hubble telescope. The media has said they believe the satellite uses an very powerful imaging radar, with a 1 meter resolution. While that does not preclude an optical system, it seems unlikely that a satellite with such a powerful radar system would also have an optical system as powerful as the Hubble telescope. The media also reports that the name of the satellite is "Lacrosse", although it might also be called the KH-12. John L. McKernan. Student, Computer Science, Cal Poly S.L.O. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [...imagine a time when evil Man is infecting the solar system...] "DEATH TO THE BARBARIC, SATANIC, GENETICALLY INFERIOR MARTIAN BACTERIA"!!!!!! -- Redneck frontiersman, 2050.