On 08/28/2010 11:03 AM, Kevin Fetter wrote: > http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/First_Successful_Corona_Remote_Sensing_Satellite_Marks_50_Year_Anniversary_999.html Interesting that the headline calls it a "Remote Sensing" satellite while the first paragraph uses the more descriptive "photo reconnaissance satellite". Not that the headline's description is wrong, but "remote sensing" can mean all sorts of things that don't involve taking photos. If I were looking for a shorter term than "photo reconnaissance" for the headline in order to avoid a high letter tax, I'd go for "Spy". One actual error: the final paragraph of the article contains the phrase "the thermally protected reentry capsule containing the satellite's camera and film". The camera was not returned in the reentry capsule but left in space when the mission ended (or didn't: some later Corona's had two reentry capsules, so if the mission had acquired high-priority and time-sensitive photos, they could be returned to earth before all the film on board had been exposed, and the mission could continue with the camera(s) still available to expose the remaining film). _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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