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A 3-tonne, $1.5 billion satellite to watch Earth’s every move is set to launch this week
(theconversation.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2025
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Just what we needed, more surveillance /s
Did you read the part where this is a radar satellite designed for monitoring the climate? That is, did you read anything besides the headline before you decided: "Yeah, I think I'm able to make informed commentary about this"?
A lot of technology has been repurposed for other uses than what they were mutually designed. What’s to stop the operators from using such a high def satellite to spy on people?
Probably because it’s too cheap and primitive? Why use something not specially used to spy on people when you already have significantly designed satellites with a bigger budget and better technology?