>U.S. Loses Hold on Submarine-Exposing Radar Technique >The New York Times via DowVision via Newscast Today [Rcvd:May 11,06:07:00EDT] >Publication Date: Tuesday May 11, 1999 >Foreign Desk; Section A; Page 6, Column 3 >c. 1999 New York Times Company > >By WILLIAM J. BROAD >--------------------------------------------------------- > >RDL Space Corporation, in Culver City, Calif., wanted a Federal license for > a satellite with one-meter resolution, or about three feet. > >But Washington, at the Pentagon's request, said the company could sell >imagery with resolution no greater than 5 meters, or about 16 feet. Last June RDL won a Federal >license for that sensitivity. It plans to launch its satellite in 2002. > >Canada, however, is planning to overstep that boundary with a radar >satellite that has a resolution of 3 meters, or about 10 feet. >Federal officials, at the Pentagon's request, are now trying to talk Canada > into a less sensitive aim. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
