German Radar Satellite Lifts Off Tonight 65
2Y9D57 writes "Germany's new TanDEM-X radar satellite is scheduled to lift off from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 04:15 Berlin time on 21 June — that's 10:14 pm Eastern today (20 June). Flying in close formation with its twin satellite, TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X will generate the most consistent and highest-resolution digital elevation map ever of the Earth — 12m = 40ft. pixel pitch. It will take three years to image all 150 million square kilometers (58 million square miles), in the process generating more than 350 TB of raw data. Here's where to go as the time approaches for live streaming."
ah, the logic of it (Score:3, Funny)
So, let me see whether I get this right:
Google taking street photos = bad (according to Germans).
The German government making high resolution elevation maps from space = good (according to Germans).
Where can I complain if I don't want my private property mapped by the German government?
Re:ah, the logic of it (Score:3, Funny)
Bloody typical (Score:5, Funny)
It's launching in Europe on the 21st June but on the 20th in the USA. Why is the good shit always released in the US first?
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Re:ah, the logic of it (Score:5, Funny)
Where can I complain if I don't want my private property mapped by the German government?
Don't worry. The reflection from your tinfoil hat will blind the radar over your house.
Re:ah, the logic of it (Score:4, Funny)
Hope they image Area 51 (Score:3, Funny)
and also Area 51A!
Zee Germans are coming? (Score:4, Funny)
Poor rabbits... [youtube.com]
Re:ah, the logic of it (Score:3, Funny)
Some of us here on Slashdot will take up multiple pixels, but only when we get excited.