The KSA has recently made technological breakthroughs that are paving the way for a bright future in space. With these new technologies, we will one day see Kerbals living in space and on distant planets.
The first step in realizing this vision is to map the stars and known worlds. Our first small advance towards reaching this goal has been the start of a successful mapping operation of both our home world, Kerbin, and the orbiting Mun. The KSA successfuly designed, launched and placed into orbit, satellites over Kerbin and the Mun. At this moment, the satellites, known as the Geo Sat III, are mapping these two planetoids. Images beamed back from the satellites have been declassified and have been released publicly for the first time below. You are all witnesses.
Kerbin based tracking stations chart the orbits of both Geo Stats
A close view of the Geo Sat in Kerbin orbit
A close view of the Geo Sat in Munar orbit
A breath-taking view of the Geo Sat orbiting the darkside of the Mun
One more look at the Mun's barren and scarred surface
The Munar Geo Sat transmitting surface data gathered from the KSA Doplar Mark IV-3659 satellite array
The Kerbin Geo Sat showing our world in all its glory
Surface data obtained for Kerbin
The Geo Sat is a rugged and simple design; but it is effective. Craig Kerman, lead scientist on the Geo Sat team said, "The Geo Sat operation has been a striking success. But we know it is just the beginning. We are learning from our mistakes, and are glad that only 246 Kermin astronauts had to lose their lives before we figured out that we could send these things up there unmanned. Really, it could have been much worse."
Dr. Kerman noted that the KSA is already testing new, more advanced satellite designs, and is already planning manned missions to the surface of Kerbin and the Mun. Dr. Kerman noted, "while we are already living on the surface of Kerbin, the KSA still wishes to send manned missions to the surface of Kerbin." When asked why, Dr. Kerman responded..."Because we can."
