Digital BW, The Print

Seth Rossman wrote:

>Excellent concept.  I wondered how those spy satellites work!
>
Ummm...  The Foveon chip technology is how..

> How do they
>they get that hi-res film back down to earth so fast?  I'd thought it'd burn
>up in the atmosphere.  Sneaky government is making secret film drops from
>space.
>
>  
>
Actually, film was dropped from space back into the atmosphere at one 
point..

Film capsules were retrieved in most cases in midair as they parachuted 
down, by specially equipped aircraft..

In those days, the film carried by a spy sateellite limited its 
effective life...
Keith

 

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