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by slingnow 1971 days ago
Do you have any data to back up that simply lowering a satellite can achieve a 9X increase in image resolution? Or are you merely speculating?
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enriquto 1971 days ago
If you divide the height of the satellite by X then the resolution is multiplied by X. This is Thales theorem [0]. What else do you need?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercept_theorem

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