These images © Alain Grycan and Eric Laffont.
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- Welcome to Satflare.com! In this website you can track in real time all the known satellites orbiting the Earth, with both 2D and 3D interactive representations, predict their passes, view their trajectory among stars on an interactive sky chart, predict satellite flares and transits (across the Sun and the Moon), find out the best location to see these events on a detailed Google map.
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Naturally, artificial aids are also necessary for tracking down some of themore distant satellites - geostationary ones forexample. When trained on large objects in low Earth orbit some indication ofstructure can be resolved. We know of several amateurs who are constructing orusing telescopes for tracking and imaging the Russian space station Mir and theshuttle, whilst in orbit. Alain Grycan and Eric Laffont fromFrance have obtained the most spectacular amateur-made images of MIR (thatwe've seen). This (negative) first image is an example of their work. Itappeared in Flash (the newsletter of the Belgian Working GroupSatellites) in 1991. The different MIR modules are clearly visible. Alsoclearly discernible to the right is the Sofora mast structure. The zoom-in (attop) shows the Progress motor compartment, compared to a computer-generateddrawing. Their second image was taken during the June 1995 Mir/STS-71 mission;both craft are clearly outlined.
This program can store up to 128 locations, display a new Frequency Display in the Controls window, reformat the Track List display and keep the Track List sorted in the order of the next pass. In additon, MacDoppler can remember the maximum elevation throughout each pass, and a meter will show serial link activity on Icom radios.
This third image (of Mir taken in April 1991 with a 90 inch telescope) wasproduced by Dave Harvey at the StewardObservatory in Arizona, using the Comsoftcommercial satellite tracking package on several reflecting telescopes.
Marek Kozubal and Ron Dantowitz at the Boston Museum ofScience observatory are experimenting with a 12 inch reflector using the ArchImagemount to obtain images of satellites. They imaged the docked Mir/Atlantisvehicles, producing the detailed image at left. Solar panels on Mir, themodules and the shuttle's underside are clearly visible. At this level ofresolution the possibility of imaging (for example) a tumbling payload in orderto directly identify its rotational axis could be possible.
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Below are three pictures of the shuttle. For comparison, the picture on theextreme left was taken by a nearby released sat. The two pictures on the rightare of Atlantis and were taken by the Museum of Science team at Boston on Sept24, 1996 when the sun was still above the horizon. The picture in the middle isa raw picture and the one of the right is enhanced.
The following images were made of the tethered TiPS satellite (23937/96029F)on June 26, 1996. The image on the right is a composite of 21 frames at 10second intervals. The non-conducting tether is 4km long and approximately 2 mmwide.
The above images of Atlantis, Mir and TiPS are courtesy of the Museum ofScience, Boston.
For a taste of what has been made public of the professional work, see theimages below. The left hand image was taken by a ground based telescope at the USAF Maui Optical Site (AMOS). Theoutline of the orbiter is clearly visible and there is a hint of detail. Asimilar image (shot from the SPAS pallet satellite during STS-7 in 1983, at arange of a few hundred meters) is alongside on the right.
Thisimage is a frame from a video sequence taken using a CCD camera and a 48 inchtelescope at the USAF Phillips Lab Malabar Test Facility at Valkaria, Florida duringSTS-37.
There is an interesting web-page by Timothy Schulz on the subject of 'Blind Deconvolution forAstronomical and Space-Object Imaging'.
Allen Thomson on SeeSat-L providesa couple of links on the topic of speckle-imaging techniques for observingsatellites from earth.
Possibly the most spectacular telescopic observations of any satellite werethose rumored to have been made of the space shuttle Columbia Omni recover 1 3 0 download free. duringSTS-1, by an orbiting Keyhole reconnaissance satellite. Supposedly to allayfears concerning detached thermal protection tiles on the underside of theorbiter (crucial in determining whether the vehicle would survive the heat ofre-entry), the orbiting Keyhole was used to examine the belly of Columbia aftertiles were noticed to be missing from the OMS pods at the rear of the craft.Subsequent analysis of the orbits of the shuttle and the known Keyholesatellites in orbit at the time of the mission indicatesseveral possible photo opportunities.The tragic loss of Columbia and her crew on STS 107 renewed interest in thepossibility of Keyhole imaging.
Another source reports that surveillance of STS-1 was made by USAF groundbased telescope, specifically at the USAF missle tracking annex in Valkaria, Florida(just south of Melbourne) by their 48' satellite imaging telescope. The photos wereaccidently released to the press after the NRO had turned them over to NASA foranalysis. Subsequently, they were aired on a Saturday morning news program, but werevery quickly pulled.
It is debatable as to whether use of a suitable image restoration techniquecould reclaim sufficient resolution so as to identify individual tiles or groupsof them. In any event we are unlikely to see such pictures if they exist for manyyears yet, if at all.
Gorden Garradd from Loomberah NSW,Australia (151.04E/31.33S,alt. 845m), took this photo, believed to be theCassini/Huygens probe (upper left track) and the Titan IV Centaur booster(lower right track) venting hydrogen or oxygen after separation. At this pointthe objects are no longer in Earth orbit but in a heliocentric orbit on a pathto an encounter with Venus. The arrow points to star PPM 204332 (mag 8.8) atRa 20h41m34s, Dec -8.8 deg.
This image © Gorden Garradd
An enlargement (318k) more clearly shows acloud formation around the lower right object. The range to the objects isapproximately 26000 km.
The photo was taken with a 25cm f/4.1 Newtonian. The exposure was 17 secondsending at 11:02:00 UT on Oct 15, 1997 using hypered Kodak Gold III 400 ISO.Limiting stellar magnitude is 15.0. Launch of the Cassini probe took place onOct 15, 1997 at 08:43 UT.
Bill Keel has an excellent compilation of photos resulting from amateur and professional Telescopic Tracking of the Apollo Lunar Missions.
SeeSat-L subscriber Thom Troszak reports on photographing Mir with his 8' reflector telescope and provides a link tohis and other's photos. Pdf to word converter 6 2 1 free.
SeeSat-L subscriber Josef Huber has produced stillsand videos of ISS, Mir and the shuttle.
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Mike Tyrrell and Philip Masding provide analysis of pictures taken of the ISSusing virtual-reality simulations of the ISS(as reported on SeeSat-L). Hostbuddy 2 2 4 x 2.
Links: to the VSO Home Page, theobserving guide,and satellite predictions.
Contact: [email protected]These images © Alain Grycan and Eric Laffont.
Naturally, artificial aids are also necessary for tracking down some of themore distant satellites - geostationary ones forexample. When trained on large objects in low Earth orbit some indication ofstructure can be resolved. We know of several amateurs who are constructing orusing telescopes for tracking and imaging the Russian space station Mir and theshuttle, whilst in orbit. Alain Grycan and Eric Laffont fromFrance have obtained the most spectacular amateur-made images of MIR (thatwe've seen). This (negative) first image is an example of their work. Itappeared in Flash (the newsletter of the Belgian Working GroupSatellites) in 1991. The different MIR modules are clearly visible. Alsoclearly discernible to the right is the Sofora mast structure. The zoom-in (attop) shows the Progress motor compartment, compared to a computer-generateddrawing. Their second image was taken during the June 1995 Mir/STS-71 mission;both craft are clearly outlined.
This third image (of Mir taken in April 1991 with a 90 inch telescope) wasproduced by Dave Harvey at the StewardObservatory in Arizona, using the Comsoftcommercial satellite tracking package on several reflecting telescopes.
Marek Kozubal and Ron Dantowitz at the Boston Museum ofScience observatory are experimenting with a 12 inch reflector using the ArchImagemount to obtain images of satellites. They imaged the docked Mir/Atlantisvehicles, producing the detailed image at left. Solar panels on Mir, themodules and the shuttle's underside are clearly visible. At this level ofresolution the possibility of imaging (for example) a tumbling payload in orderto directly identify its rotational axis could be possible.
Below are three pictures of the shuttle. For comparison, the picture on theextreme left was taken by a nearby released sat. The two pictures on the rightare of Atlantis and were taken by the Museum of Science team at Boston on Sept24, 1996 when the sun was still above the horizon. The picture in the middle isa raw picture and the one of the right is enhanced.
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The following images were made of the tethered TiPS satellite (23937/96029F)on June 26, 1996. The image on the right is a composite of 21 frames at 10second intervals. The non-conducting tether is 4km long and approximately 2 mmwide.
The above images of Atlantis, Mir and TiPS are courtesy of the Museum ofScience, Boston.
For a taste of what has been made public of the professional work, see theimages below. The left hand image was taken by a ground based telescope at the USAF Maui Optical Site (AMOS). Theoutline of the orbiter is clearly visible and there is a hint of detail. Asimilar image (shot from the SPAS pallet satellite during STS-7 in 1983, at arange of a few hundred meters) is alongside on the right.
Thisimage is a frame from a video sequence taken using a CCD camera and a 48 inchtelescope at the USAF Phillips Lab Malabar Test Facility at Valkaria, Florida duringSTS-37.
There is an interesting web-page by Timothy Schulz on the subject of 'Blind Deconvolution forAstronomical and Space-Object Imaging'.
Allen Thomson on SeeSat-L providesa couple of links on the topic of speckle-imaging techniques for observingsatellites from earth.
Possibly the most spectacular telescopic observations of any satellite werethose rumored to have been made of the space shuttle Columbia duringSTS-1, by an orbiting Keyhole reconnaissance satellite. Supposedly to allayfears concerning detached thermal protection tiles on the underside of theorbiter (crucial in determining whether the vehicle would survive the heat ofre-entry), the orbiting Keyhole was used to examine the belly of Columbia aftertiles were noticed to be missing from the OMS pods at the rear of the craft.Subsequent analysis of the orbits of the shuttle and the known Keyholesatellites in orbit at the time of the mission indicatesseveral possible photo opportunities.The tragic loss of Columbia and her crew on STS 107 renewed interest in thepossibility of Keyhole imaging.
Another source reports that surveillance of STS-1 was made by USAF groundbased telescope, specifically at the USAF missle tracking annex in Valkaria, Florida(just south of Melbourne) by their 48' satellite imaging telescope. The photos wereaccidently released to the press after the NRO had turned them over to NASA foranalysis. Subsequently, they were aired on a Saturday morning news program, but werevery quickly pulled.
It is debatable as to whether use of a suitable image restoration techniquecould reclaim sufficient resolution so as to identify individual tiles or groupsof them. In any event we are unlikely to see such pictures if they exist for manyyears yet, if at all.
Gorden Garradd from Loomberah NSW,Australia (151.04E/31.33S,alt. 845m), took this photo, believed to be theCassini/Huygens probe (upper left track) and the Titan IV Centaur booster(lower right track) venting hydrogen or oxygen after separation. At this pointthe objects are no longer in Earth orbit but in a heliocentric orbit on a pathto an encounter with Venus. The arrow points to star PPM 204332 (mag 8.8) atRa 20h41m34s, Dec -8.8 deg.
This image © Gorden Garradd
An enlargement (318k) more clearly shows acloud formation around the lower right object. The range to the objects isapproximately 26000 km.
The photo was taken with a 25cm f/4.1 Newtonian. The exposure was 17 secondsending at 11:02:00 UT on Oct 15, 1997 using hypered Kodak Gold III 400 ISO.Limiting stellar magnitude is 15.0. Launch of the Cassini probe took place onOct 15, 1997 at 08:43 UT.
Bill Keel has an excellent compilation of photos resulting from amateur and professional Telescopic Tracking of the Apollo Lunar Missions.
SeeSat-L subscriber Thom Troszak reports on photographing Mir with his 8' reflector telescope and provides a link tohis and other's photos.
SeeSat-L subscriber Josef Huber has produced stillsand videos of ISS, Mir and the shuttle.
Mike Tyrrell and Philip Masding provide analysis of pictures taken of the ISSusing virtual-reality simulations of the ISS(as reported on SeeSat-L).
Links: to the VSO Home Page, theobserving guide,and satellite predictions.
Contact: [email protected]