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Quite unlikely. For paparazzi style imaging, satellites are very unsatisfactory.

1) Clouds. Major bummer.

2) Intermittent time on target - most the time when something interesting is happening, the satellite will be over some other place in the world. Geostationary satellites solve the "hover overhead" problem, but then see #1, #3, #4, #5.

3) Atmospheric distortion. Resolution is inherently limited unless you use adaptive optics.

4) The lens required to get decent resolution isn't going to fit on a microsat. See also #3.

5) Blurry pictures of the tops of celebrities' heads ain't gonna sell well.



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