Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

"Let's look for spy satellites / orbiters" was an "application" I wondered about. My second thought about this was: maybe the US (and possibly other countries) already have something like this, but classified?



The US already has a very sophisticated system for this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Space_Surveillan...


There is the Space Surveillance Telescope [1] in Australia. It is similar military telescope for space tracking. It is only 3.5m compared to LSST 8m.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Surveillance_Telescope


note that lots of the lsst funding is from the DOE. part of the value for the government might be tracking Chinese satellites




Consider applying for YC's Fall 2025 batch! Applications are open till Aug 4

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: