Having a Ball

By catdynamics on September 18, 2010.

A few years ago Ball Aerospace pulled a cute stunt

Ball Aerospace logo - from telestarlogistics blog (click to embiggen)

0.6m telescope.
Note the white dashed lines on the tarmac on the road are resolved.
Not bad.

(cf here the later WorldView-2 first light image of Dallas airport)

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