05-13-2015, 05:54 PM
Exactly Tom, AMOS maintained contact with objects on a minute by minute basis, both in equatorial as well as polar orbits. The equipment was in use 24/7. It would be pretty difficult for a military surveillance crew to walk into a publicly funded observatory, aim the telescope at an undisclosed location, and make short term observations of any value. As the 'scopes are all electronically operated, I wouldn't think it would be too difficult for someone to come in afterward and determine what settings had been used, and from that figure out what was observed. The military requires far more security than that,
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