Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!ncar!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!hplabs!pyramid!prls!gordon From: gordon@prls.UUCP (Gordon Vickers) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Info wanted on Atlantis "secret" military satellite payload Message-ID: <17388@prls.UUCP> Date: 9 Dec 88 17:37:16 GMT References: <684@pyuxd.UUCP> <1988Dec4.225033.18207@utzoo.uucp> <6464@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> <12418@bellcore.bellcore.com> <1988Dec8.001846.26121@utzoo.uucp> Reply-To: gordon@prls.UUCP (Gordon Vickers) Organization: Philips Research Labs, Sunnyvale, California Lines: 22 In article <1988Dec8.001846.26121@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: > >However, if what you've got is a shuttle-unique payload (which at least >some rumors claim the KH-12 is), you just have to settle for what you A PBS show I watched a several months ago ( Spy Satellites ) claimed that we had but one KH-12 left in orbit and it was being used sparingly. They reported it's resolution as being good enough to tell if as little as six inches had been added to a structure's height (missles in particular). They also mentioned that a newer version, the KH-14 had been build and had even better resolution but could not be deployed until the shuttle launches resumed. So, I'd like to take the pleasure of starting another rumor as to what this last shuttle's payload was: it was a KH-14 (an educated guess based solely upon the contents of the program I watched). Better resolution than the KH-12 ? My gosh, what do they want to do, identify birth marks ? Should I cross post this to rec.nude ? :-) Gordon Vickers 408/991-5370 (Sunnyvale,Ca); {mips|pyramid|philabs}!prls!gordon