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From: ccoprmd@pyr.gatech.EDU (Matthew T. DeLuca)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle,sci.space
Subject: Re: Hubble Space Telescope
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Date: 6 Apr 89 22:20:26 GMT
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In article <wYCugSy00Ui0E0kWMI@andrew.cmu.edu>, pv04+@andrew.cmu.edu (Philip Verdieck) writes:
> 
> What are the capabilities for rotating this baby and using it for
> spying purposes???

According to the NASA material I have, the HST is a low-light telescope,
meaning that it cannot view bright objects like the sun, moon, or the Earth.
However, the KH-12 reconaissance satellite (wasn't this launched recently?)
is a close cousin of the HST, except it can view the earth.


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