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Don’t such satellites have a major flaw, that they revolve? Considering that earth is spherical, those satellites can only monitor some half of the earth each moment, given their sensors have such high FOV.

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transientpunk@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
How is that a flaw? It just sounds like a design consideration…

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JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Do you expect the satellite to see the whole earth?

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- EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  What are you talking about? There’s only one side. /s
  
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- TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I’m not agreeing with their dumb point, but just pointing out: this satellite works on radar.
  
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- macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  *yeah, not yea or nay. It isn’t a vote.
  
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catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Yes that’s how one satellite can image a lot of area.

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