[FPSPACE] Russian adaptive optics satellite imager

[Allen Thomson]

(Perhaps a bit OT for SeeSat.)

Belatedly following up on the postings concerning a 28-channel adaptive
optics satellite imaging station in Russia, I did some research this
past weekend and found that the modest instrument currently there is
only the first step. The next, with a 3-meter telescope and,
presumably, an AO compensator with more channels, seems to be under
construction with operational capability intended for 2010.

The information(*) that has so far come to light has been aggregated
into a sourcebook, now at

http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/track/altay.pdf

(*) Mostly in Russian.