"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Gig 601XL Builder writes:

The fuel value of moving a spy satellite just 1 degree to cover a
specific
area would pay for several 100 if not 1000s of CAP missions.

I didn't say anything about moving a satellite, nor did I say anything
about spy satellites. There may have been satellites already covering
the area. Commercial satellites already have enough resolution to
spot wreckage.


So you think those pictures on Google Earth are real time. Satellites both
commercial and government are in orbits that are designed to cover areas of
interest. To task a satellite to cover a specific area that isn't under its
flight path requires fuel to be used. The chances of any given place on any
given week being covered is low. The exception to this is places where the
government has special interest. I'm sure the Mid East is covered pretty
well about now.