SibeiSuayKia SG After surfting the web and checking some few websites i have found out there is a great likelihood of singapore owning spy satellites 1. It is a Ofeq 5 Satellite providing high resolution images can last up to a few years and 300km in orbit up to 700km and go past earth in 1 1/2 hours 2.It is a joint project with Israel , with SG providing $$ and Israel providing resources... I saw a few websites saying sg has a deal with israel.. If SG has a spy satellite wow then its very good man.. Imagine...what we could do with spy satellites..
SibeiSuayKia SG yes i have the URL link it was pretty few years ago when i was searching spy satellites anyway how is m'sia reacting to us having spy satellites?? why wasn't it widely known why newspaper never report
SibeiSuayKia SG Malaysia also has a space program.. http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/10/14/malaysia.space.ap/ Borrowing pple rocket to go to space lol.. same thing as borrowing a Lamborghini and taking it for a ride and showing off to pple ^^ What if the Malaysian cosmonaut goes to space?50 yrs later I believe the malaysian cosmonaut involved will be involved in tracking down our singapore satellites as part of his mission , he also will be carrying a star wars type of luke skywalker and his Soyuz spacecraft will be modified with special space rockets designed to destroy satellites , but i believe that our new Ofeq 5 Satellites will be armed with Aster-30 (propelled by ion engine) and EL/M-2080 "Green Pine" Long Range Acquisition Radar which is designed to track it as it arrive. Meanwhile the laser railgun armed on the satellite will point towards the soyuz spacecraft and countdown..10..9..8..7..6...5..4..3..2..1..kaboom.
foga SG i believe Straits Times carried an article on this satellite deal with Israel quite some time ago. the Damage to our treasury is, if my memory didn't fail me, US$1 Billion to be contributed to this project spanning 5 years.
SibeiSuayKia SG Can't we have the satellite launched for like as long as possible why every few years must change satellites..very wasteful..stay for 20-40 years at a time better..like our NGF
Paladin SG I guess it depend very much on what the satellite is used for. And also who build it. a wild guess... 2 to 20 years?
Paladin SG For friends who not very sure what a satellites can do.. http://www.spaceimaging.com/gallery/ U don't really needs a spy satellite IMHO.. heres one shot on Spore'CBD. An old picture. The art center not even ready yet. http://www.spaceimaging.com/...01/singapore_cbd.jpg "U can run but u cannot hide"
SlowPoke SG why bother having your own spy sats when you can buy very sharp satellite photos from the internet taken by some French commercial land-surveying satellite?
