ClaireH
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According to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), a nonprofit advocacy group of scientists and engineers, which maintains a database of active satellites in orbit, as of April 1, 2020, there were a total of 2,666 satellites in Space, of which 1,918 were in low Earth orbit. Added note: for a comparative reference there were reportedly 1,100 active satellites in 1960. While a large number of these spacecraft are operated by commercial users like DirecTV, XM Satellite Radio and others for communications purposes, another large portion are used for military or government purposes.We only know about it this last time. It would be foolish to believe they, the Chinese, the Japanese, and everyone else with the means hasn't tried before. Foolish and naive.Because it doesn’t happen every election cycle. Name the last time Russia did anything remotely close to this.How is noting that this happens every election cycle trivializing it? Methinks that you are exaggerating something that happens with great regularity and running to your fainting couch in faux horror, pretending the world has never seen such shenanigans, when the reality is, the US has dirtier hands than anyone when it comes to interfering with other countries picking their leadership. Just ask Obama how that's done.You’re making unwarranted assumptions. This was not normal. You’re attempting to trivialize it for political reasons.And what is surprising about a foreign country trying to influence the American election? I would expect EVERY country with the means to do exactly that. What you are attempting to do without explicitly saying it, is to have people believe that Trump colluded with Russia, which has never been established at all.Perspective...a Republican-controlled Senate Committee has concluded and published a report confirming an opinion supported with evidence Russians assisted in the election of Donald Trump.
So the question is, how many of these active satellites are used for spying on other countries? Here are five countries that are among the most heavily invested in spacecraft for collection of intelligence, military or otherwise: US, China, Russia, Japan, and Israel, most of which are equipped with optical or radar imaging technology. For detailed information, check out: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/slideshows/5-countries-that-could-be-spying-on-you