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   AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 15:03:53 JST AkaSci 🛰️

   • Judy Schmidt
   • simonbp

   @simonbp @spacegeck
   Doesn't the NRO have higher resolution satellites, with higher number of wavelengths/bands as well as SAR?

   Although the article below mentions NRO's contracts with Maxar and other imaging satellite companies.

   https://euro-sd.com/2024/07/articles/39425/the-black-world-of-us-spy-satellites/

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     Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD (ericfielding@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 15:03:53 JST Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD

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     • Judy Schmidt
     • simonbp

     @AkaSci @simonbp @spacegeck The NRO buys a lot of data (millions of dollars per year) from commercial satellites, including Maxar optical data and SAR from Capella, Umbra, and ICEYE. They like to get data that is unclassified and can easily be shared with allies, even if they have better classified images.