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Ariane 5 Deploys French Spy Satellite

Posted by michael on from the liberty-equality-surveillance dept.

Rolo Tomasi writes "An Ariane 5 rocket successfully put the French satellite Helios 2A into orbit today. The 4.2 ton spacecraft, which cost about one billion euros, will be used for surveillance by France and other European countries."

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  1. Better yet - with tech detail by tqft · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Jonathon's space report (Next issue)
    http:planet4589.org/space/jsr/latest.html

    "together with four Essaim
    (`Swarm') French experimental electronic intelligence satellites."

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  2. Re:Anybody know the specs? Spectral/Spatial res? by mattj452 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    According to this http://www.home.alcatel.com/vpr/vpr.nsf/DateKey/28 072004_1uk/ the manufacturer of the HiRes camera is Alcatel. It seems that they have similar equipment on spot 5 (http://www.spotimage.fr/html/_167_238_.php?group= 0104/). However, It might be a if you want 1m satellite images!) Sorry for the formatting...