93 - Satellite Surveillance: The New Orbital Arms Race
The Red Line
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The Differences Between 10 and 50 Centimeters Per Pixel for Satellite Surveillance
There is a major difference from many aspects so for intelligence missions there is more value potentially in getting the higher resolution because they're looking for very specific things. For military use you may not need as much from a military point of view if you're looking for are there any fighters on the space what kind of fighters? So by doing that I can afford to build more satellites smaller satellites and proliferate them. It's a pretty complex trade study in terms of do I need the 10 centimeters what is my mission, she says.
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