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It is strange they are flying at night only. With expensive infrared they can see a lot on the ground, and heat signatures of the different buildings. Our company flew Cape Canaveral for a company that had the contract with NASA. Our customer supplied us a super high dollar (six figures) infrared camera, attached to a laptop with high dollar software. The camera had a built in refrigeration unit that cooled the sensor to hundreds of degrees below zero. We flew it with a Cessna 206 and a two man crew. NASA turned off virtually all the regular lights. Our customer processed it to show were likely water leaks in buildings and heat loss in the buildings. But we had to fly it in the daytime as well, so they could align the infrared with the layout of the cape from the daytime images.
NASA knew we were there, and they were talking to the pilots. One flew the airplane, the other operated the camera running off of a power inverter.
They are large drones, and everyone wants to know what they are doing.
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Glen
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1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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