Future Spy Satellites Just Got Exponentially Smaller
By Patrick Tucker Read bio
September 1, 2017
By changing the way microchips measure light, researchers are shrinking the size of space-based telescopes.
Future spy satellites may unfold like origami birds, collecting image data along long, flat sensor arrays that weigh almost nothing. By replacing the bulky telescopic lenses that make today’s spy sats among the biggest and most expensive things in space, light-sensitive microchips promise far cheaper access to orbital imagery.
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