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There are also two "Stubby Hubble" chassis sitting in storage because they're so obsolete that the NRO just donated them. However there is no budget to actually be able to use them.

If the famously secretive[1] NRO can just donate that, imagine how far ahead their newer stuff is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_National_Reconnaissance_O...

[1]: founded in 1960, but only officially acknowledged in 1973 and then by accident.



I think one of those is currently being turned into the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope, though I haven't heard about progress in awhile.


It's been renamed to the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope scheduled to launch May 2027.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Grace_Roman_Space_Telesc...


Well colour me updated! That's nice to hear.


... imagine how far ahead their newer stuff is.

Trump gave the whole world a good idea how far ahead the newer stuff is when he tweeted an image from an NRO satellite. Estimated at ~10cm/pixel resolution.

Scott Manley published a great break down: https://youtu.be/JRLVFn9z0Gc




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