NationStates Jolt Archive

These satellites can see everything that is happening in every nation on earth. Special focus is on foriegn troop movements.


Sirius
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photographic intelligence satellite
perational life of about three years, would be in orbit at all times
sun-synchronous orbits, which repeat their ground tracks at four day intervals, and are synchronized to provide two day overlaps in coverage.
450 billion

E-300 Enhanced Collection System
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very large, Lightweight optics
large version of Sirius
300 billion

Discoverer II
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constellation of relatively inexpensive radar satellites designed to affordably provide near-continuous, day/night, all-weather, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging support to the warfighter that could be directly tasked by the warfighter and directly downlinked to theater for processing and exploitation
space-based High Range Resolution Ground Moving Target Indication
near-continuous, deep-look battlefield coverage from space
constellation of 24 satellites configured with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) will allow for direct tasking control to a deployed Joint Task Force [JTF] tactical commander.
allow for a very rapid revisit rate (about 15 minutes) to most areas of the earth. The Discover II system would be capable of generating very high resolution elevation data (1 meter post spacings) and highly accurate radar imagery.
500 million

WARFIGHTER
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tactical Hyperspectral Imaging (HIS) remote sensing system.
Hyperspectral imagery is an emerging technology that utilizes a large number of frequency bands enabling the detection and identification of ground targets and conditions that would not be seen by other satellite sensor systems.
combines commercial and military market needs,
Orbit:
470 Km
97.3 Deg. Inclination
Sun Synchronous
10:30am Descending Node

Imagers:
1-Meter Panchromatic
4-Meter Multispectral
8-Meter Hyperspectral



Launch Vehicle: OSC Taurus

Satellite Weight: 360 kg

Scheduled Launch Date: Mid FY00

Hyperspectral Payload Lifetime: 3 Yr Life/ 5 Yr Goal



Sensor Characteristics:

Body Scanning Whisk-Broom Scan Imager
Field of Regard: ±50°
8 x 8 Km Nominal Scene Size In Pan/Multispectral Modes
Panchromatic @ 1 & 2 Meter GSD
Multispectral - 4 Bands @ 4 Meter GSD
5 x 20 Km Scene Size For Hyperspectral Modes
Visible/NIR/SWIR/MWIR @ 8 Meter GSD
2 Grating Spectrometers
280 Spectral Bands, Ranging From 0.45 To 5.0 µm
Geo-Location Of Pixels
Panchromatic Pixels To Better Than 12 Meters @ 90%
Hyperspectral Pixels To Within 75 Meters 3
Downlink Data Rate: 150 Mbps
3 Watt X-Band Transmitter @ 8.2 GHz
Onboard Data Storage: 32 Gb
Five 100 Km2 Hypercubes
Encryption:
Uplink - NSA Encrypted
Downlink - Commercial Data Encryption Standard

670 billion

Helios
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national reconnaissance spacecraft
$2 billion
mass of about 2.5 metric-tons and operates in a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 680 km and an inclination of 98 degrees. Outwardly, the spacecraft closely resembles SPOT 4 with a box-like bus and a five-segment solar array capable of generating 2.5 kW of electrical power. A 3-axis stabilization system and precision pointing accuracy supports the primary multi-spectral CCD imaging system with a resolution of one meter.
A tiered encryption scheme restricts images to only one or more of the Helios program states
Weight :


2,500 kg

Energy :


Solar generator supplying 2.2 kW

Specified useful life :


5 years

Orbit :


Circular, low altitude (around 700 km), sun synchronous

Ground facilities :


Encrypted control and programming of the satellite from France, image reception and processing in dedicated centres of the 3 co-operating countries

Payload :


Panchromatic, high resolution and wide-angle optical instruments, data storage on digital magnetic recorder, transmission to the ground by encrypted telemetry

Ground segment :


Dedicated Helios control center

Two centers in each user nation (a main center and an image telemetry reception center)

Field stations for image exploitation

A theater station for France

Major operational capabilities :


Minimal delay for return to zone (less than 24 hours in general)

Flexible and confidential programming

Programmation, telemetry reception and image exploitation on the field using the Theatre Transportable Station

Contrary to what people may have thought, the Government of Whittier is not permitting the sale of any of these sattellites or any other sattelite owned by WHittier.

OOC: Can see everything in every country on earth? :rolleyes:

OOC: Technically.. yes.. but not.. everything.. there are such thinks as jammers, etc, and sattelites cant be everywhere at once

OOC: Can see everything in every country on earth? :rolleyes:

I call this one a godmod.

If any spy on my country they will be destroyed.

If any spy on my country they will be destroyed.

Every day dozens of satelites scan your country, there's nothing you can do about it...

Every day dozens of satelites scan your country, there's nothing you can do about it...

Actually there is, even read my countries profile, it says I put up guns and stuff to shoot down anything I want. Altho it appears birds and kites are the main thing I shoot down.

You may want to put a pic warning on this thread... those pictures are huge.

Actually there is, even read my countries profile, it says I put up guns and stuff to shoot down anything I want. Altho it appears birds and kites are the main thing I shoot down.

Well I have some nice camera feeds here of one of your larger malls, two cats fighting in an alley and a rowing boat with a couple of fishermen. Just proves that spy satelites are damned hard to find and if you start blasting each and everything that gets even remotely close in space to your country your going to have a nice war or a multi-billion dollar claim on yer hands.

You may want to put a pic warning on this thread... those pictures are huge.
thought I already had one.

If any spy on my country they will be destroyed.
Sorry but that would be just the excuse I need to invade you.
You dont' own the peice of space that located directly over your nation. No one owns it. It's called international space. People can put what ever they want up there. Even if its over your nation.

OOC: Can see everything in every country on earth? :rolleyes:
well, it can see what ever is below it. And some of the sats views can be obstructed by severe cloud cover. but I am not saying which sats can be thus obstructed.

As Inkana has no problems with Whitter- I assume that Inkana will not be spied on, but as a precaution a jammer sattalite of sorts is being construsted so that Inkana's enemies or even nutral countries will not spy on my country. It will stay in orbit right on top of Inkana and jam any cameras or radar, or even sonar, if that is even possible, that comes in it's path.

As Inkana has no problems with Whitter- I assume that Inkana will not be spied on, but as a precaution a jammer sattalite of sorts is being construsted so that Inkana's enemies or even nutral countries will not spy on my country. It will stay in orbit right on top of Inkana and jam any cameras or radar, or even sonar, if that is even possible, that comes in it's path.
That would not be advisable as we also have weather sats. These have been used to notify your officials of pending hurricans, tornadoes and other large storm systems approaching your nation. But if you prefer we no longer give you these notifications then by all means go ahead.

dang, I need a mega thread or something.

Every day dozens of satelites scan your country, there's nothing you can do about it...Actually there is, just take out the satellite.

Actually there is, just take out the satellite.
that would be a violation of international law and an act of war.
As mentioned before, all space, including the space above your nation is considered an international commons.

That would not be advisable as we also have weather sats. These have been used to notify your officials of pending hurricans, tornadoes and other large storm systems approaching your nation. But if you prefer we no longer give you these notifications then by all means go ahead.
Please do not take the jammer satallite as a threat to your plans. It is mearly a precaution against any other spy satellites. Oh, BTW, Inkana is located right next to turkey, so I doubt I'll be getting any tropical storms or tormados. ;)

Please do not take the jammer satallite as a threat to your plans. It is mearly a precaution against any other spy satellites. Oh, BTW, Inkana is located right next to turkey, so I doubt I'll be getting any tropical storms or tormados. ;)

Do you have any clue just how many spy satelites there are?

I mean think about it.

Over 100,000 nations.

The vast majority have at least modern (real-life) satelite capibilities.

Each likely have multiple (anywhere from 50-5000) spy satelites.

Jamming one frequency takes up a LOT of energy, jamming several over the entire horizon of a nation would be extremely cost prohibitive.

Thats not to say that jamming can't be useful...just that it is a waste to try on a strategic level (and a sever drain on any military).