THE SECRET SPIES IN THE SKY - Imagery, Data Analysis, and Discussions relating to Military Space
SatTrackCam Leiden (Cospar 4353) is a satellite tracking station located at Leiden, the Netherlands. The tracking focus is on classified objects - i.e. "spy satellites". With a camera, accurate positional measurements on satellites of interest are obtained in order to determine their orbits. Orbital behaviour is analysed.
This blog analyses Missile tests too.
Friday, 26 January 2018
Meet the amateur astronomers who track secretive spy satellites for fun
Somehow I totally forgot to post this here: but after the Zuma launch and subsequent rumours of a failure made headlines, I was interviewed by Mary Beth Griggs of Popular Science magazine. It resulted in a very nice article about our amateur tracking activities, that you can read here.
Hi Marco, very interesting story! Can you maybe recommend a newer book then mentioned in the article? 'Observing Earth Satellites' is from 1983 and I think it would be better to use a more up-to-date book which references more modern techniques? Thanks and keep up the good work!
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