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Anon · 06-01-2004, 14:51 PM

Satellites don't just follow the BG where ever it goes, they make passes a couple times a day. They can be manuevered, but they have a very limited amount of fuel onboard. Using all their fuel makes them no more useful than orbital paperweights.

The Russians used to primarily use trawlers to track the US fleet(they still do as a matter of fact).

Satellite images are what i was talking about when i said it takes hours to get the photos to the shooters, because it does.

They are not realtime, let alone real time to the shooter.

Furthermore, the US and Russians know when enemy satellites are due to pass overhead(because we track them in orbit), so it's an easy matter to change course several minutes before they pass overhead and then resume the original course once they're over the horizon.

06-01-2004, 14:51 PM	#39 (permalink)
Anon New Member Join Date: 08-03-03 Posts: 0	Satellites don't just follow the BG where ever it goes, they make passes a couple times a day. They can be manuevered, but they have a very limited amount of fuel onboard. Using all their fuel makes them no more useful than orbital paperweights. The Russians used to primarily use trawlers to track the US fleet(they still do as a matter of fact). Satellite images are what i was talking about when i said it takes hours to get the photos to the shooters, because it does. They are not realtime, let alone real time to the shooter. Furthermore, the US and Russians know when enemy satellites are due to pass overhead(because we track them in orbit), so it's an easy matter to change course several minutes before they pass overhead and then resume the original course once they're over the horizon. Last edited by Anon : 06-01-2004 at 14:54 PM.