Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Geostationary bonanza

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click to enlarge The images above and below are two small parts of one single image shot on May 2nd 2016, using a SamYang 1.4/85mm len...
Sunday, 3 April 2016

More on the Hitomi/ASTRO-H breakup

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Hitomi and its debris train (click image to enlarge) In a previous post from a few days ago, I discussed the debris shedding event ...
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Thursday, 31 March 2016

USA 186 rising, and revisiting the KH-11 constellation

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click image to enlarge The image above shows the KH-11 ADVANCED CRYSTAL/"KeyHole" optical reconnaissance satellite USA 186 ...
Tuesday, 29 March 2016

Hitomi (ASTRO-H) scientific X-ray satellite suffered an orbit-altering event

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On 26 March 2016 near 1:42 UT, the Japanese Hitomi/ASTRO-H satellite , a scientific Röntgen space telescope launched February 17, suffered ...
Saturday, 12 March 2016

MUOS 4 recovered at 75 E

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MUOS 4 at 74.8 E on 8 March 2016 image (c) by Greg Roberts, South Africa (click to enlarge) In a recent post I wrote that MUOS 4 (2...
Friday, 11 March 2016

Imaging a "UFO" (Ultra High Frequency Follow-On)

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UFO F2 on 3 March 2016 (click image to enlarge) The image above is my first image of a UFO ... (* cue X-Files tune *) No need to ...
Sunday, 6 March 2016

The tumble period of the UNHA-3 upper stage from the recent North Korean launch is slowly changing

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click image to enlarge The image above, taken in the evening of 5 March 2016,  is a 10-second exposure showing several flashes of the ...
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[UPDATED] MUOS 4 has been moved to its operational position at 75 E

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MUOS 4 imaged while still in its check-out position at 172 W on 27 September 2015 Since September 2015 , I have been periodically cove...
Monday, 29 February 2016

Imaging North Korea's new Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 satellite, and the flash period of its UNHA-3 rb

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Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 on 28 Feb 2016 (click image to enlarge) North Korea's recently launched new satellite (see a  previous post ), K...
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Wednesday, 24 February 2016

A consolidated answer to "Masami Kuramoto" about Resurs P1

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The MH17 discussion has become extremely messy. It is a highly politicized topic, with active disinformation campaigns and trolling from bot...
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Saturday, 13 February 2016

Continuing to track NROL-45 (FIA Radar 4)

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(click image to enlarge) The image above shows FIA Radar 4 (2016-010A), the payload of the NROL-45 launch of 10 Feb 2016, crossing th...
Thursday, 11 February 2016

Observing NROL-45 (FIA Radar 4/TOPAZ 4) 18 hours after launch

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NROL-45, imaged 18 hours after launch (click to enlarge) Yesterday (10 Feb 2016) at 11:40:32 UT , the NRO launched a new classified ...
Sunday, 7 February 2016

Inconsistent DPRK versus JSPoC orbit claims for Kwangmyŏngsŏng 4

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This post is a brief update to my more elaborate post of earlier today here . As I wrote in that post, western military tracking of the N-...