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From: tedrick@ernie.Berkeley.EDU (Tom Tedrick)
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Subject: Re: Satellites and diffraction limits
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Date: 15 Jan 88 07:35:58 GMT
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Here is an extract from "The Puzzle Palace" (James Bamford)

page 259: " ... the Code 467 satellite, better known as Big Bird
... first launched on June 15, 1971 ... built around an extraordinary,
superhigh resolution camera capable of distinguishing objects eight
inches across from a height of ninety miles ... "