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Originally Posted by Locke
Then what are they even good for? Why even have them then??
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I Googled it and the best I could find is that satellites rely on their orbital path and pass over quickly to get snippets of information, while balloons can linger for a while, be sent directly to specific areas, and collect more data in a longer window of time. While China could launch more satellites to get more orbital paths, balloons are cheaper and still quite good at collecting information.