[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)
(HTM) web link (twitter.com)
(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.
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| 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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