[HN Gopher] Satellite takes image of another satellite
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       Satellite takes image of another satellite
        
       Author : kristianpaul
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2023-04-19 20:10 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (twitter.com)
        
       | WestCoastJustin wrote:
       | Makes you wonder. There must be a massive archive of satellite on
       | satellite images somewhere and teams of people figuring out
       | engineering capabilities/secrets from them.
        
         | bagels wrote:
         | Intelligence satellites are definitely doing this.
         | 
         | https://time.com/5779315/russian-spacecraft-spy-satellite-sp...
        
       | Camillo wrote:
       | So JJ was right, space _is_ full of bloom and flare.
        
       | johnea wrote:
       | https://flightsoftware.org/img/spacecraft.51afe3c2.jpg
        
         | gus_massa wrote:
         | They look very close. Are they going to dock? Do you have some
         | context for the image?
        
       | dilippkumar wrote:
       | What do the s, n and v coordinate labels stand for?
        
       | bmsleight_ wrote:
       | The satellite appear to have lights on - or is this just
       | reflections from the Sun ?
        
         | tantalor wrote:
         | Those are so it can see where it's going
        
           | bhaney wrote:
           | Satellite-headlights: because the space-streetlights keep
           | floating away!
        
         | bagels wrote:
         | Aluminized insulation reflecting the sun.
         | 
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsat_8
        
       | cryptoz wrote:
       | I like this one: https://www.space.com/16946-mars-rover-landing-
       | seen-from-spa...
       | 
       | Mars Rover Landing Spotted by Orbiting Spacecraft
        
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