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EO Satellite OrbView-3 Successfully Launched

Posted by michael on from the i-spy dept.

Lord Satri writes "Orbview-3 today has joined the flock of Earth Observation satellites. OrbView-3 will deliver 1 m (panchromatic) and 4 m spatial resolution (4 multispectral bands). Amongts other EO high-resolution satellites of importance are QuickBird, Ikonos and Eros-1A."

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  1. Aliens will allow this one. by uncoveror · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Since this satellite is only looking down at Earth, the aliens will probably tolerate its presence, unlike CONTOUR, which they destroyed.

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