Message posted by Gary on October 23, 2000 at 12:42:28 EST:
I recall the pilot saying the GH could fly for 16 hours. I'm sure I was being feed a line regarding the resolution. BTW, the terraserver does 1 meter resolution on the old USGS files. I think the new data is 2 meter resolution to save on storage (a 4x improvement). I think the 10 minute turn around time may be real if some guy on the ground was dorking with the data. The people on the ground my annotate the photo or who knows what. I'm not 100% sure about this, but I suspect the imaging array was not fitted to the GH on display, but rather a white plastic shroud was there instead. My guess is there would be clear plastic there with the cameras in clear view. BTW, the GH uses UHF satcom too, but I didn't bug the guy for details. Regarding your other post, I'll probably get the photos on my site this weekend. I think the F117 fly photos should be pretty good.
In Reply to: Re: Edwards brain dump (lots of Global Hawk stuff) posted by Magoo on October 23, 2000 at 08:48:12 EST:
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