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Article says they are by law limited to 50cm resolution. But there was another SAR satellite launched in March 2020 that claims 25cm resolution.[1]

[1] https://apnews.com/press-release/pr-prnewswire/d35f7cb315af0...

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Your linked article says that satellite's company is Finnish, not US.

I think he's just alluding to the fact that there's already better ones out there for other countries, maybe even better for secret military bodies.

And just because they have that capability, doesn't mean they can "legally" use it. The posted article says that it can do a better resolution than that 50cm, but didn't specify how much better.

ICEYE's website says high res (25cm) imaging is commercially available. Even has some sample 25cm res images available for download at the bottom of this page (I have not downloaded so can't vouch for it) https://www.iceye.com/satellite-data/blog/new-benchmark-in-i...

That's right. The article says "...other SAR satellites on the market can only get down to around five meters" which isn't true if the story I linked is accurate.

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