Jan 14 1976
From The Space Library
The French government had earmarked a preliminary budget of $3.6 million for development of a spy satellite that would survey the earth's surface with infrared cameras, the N.Y. Daily News said. Weighing several hundred kg and orbiting at 500 to 600 km altitude, the satellite would use several lenses in visible and infrared light to detect details at sizes ranging from 10 to 100 m. The government's representative for armaments, J.L. Delpech, said that France had "no military space policy" because reconnaissance satellites were "not essential" to France's "deterrent strategy." (FBIS, in French, 13 Jan 76; NY News, 14 Jan 76, 58)
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