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Genesis 1(inflatable spacecraft) & Seasat Image 2008/06/11(UT)
Ralf Vandebergh
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On June 11, I took images during a good pass of the Genesis 1 Spacecraft,
built by Bigelow Aerospace and launched on July 12, 2006 from Dombarovskiy
missile base in Russia.The module launched with a diameter of 1.6 meter but
the inflatable disign made it possible to inflate it to its full diameter,
2.54 meter in 10 minutes time.
I was amazed by how easy a shape was visible on the images.The elongated shape
is no motion blur,but really how it appeared in all frames.The fainter elongated
part is real too,it is probably an effect of the deployed solar arrays.
(10in Newtonian/manually tracked)
On June 11, I took images during a good pass of the Genesis 1 Spacecraft,
built by Bigelow Aerospace and launched on July 12, 2006 from Dombarovskiy
missile base in Russia.The module launched with a diameter of 1.6 meter but
the inflatable disign made it possible to inflate it to its full diameter,
2.54 meter in 10 minutes time.
I was amazed by how easy a shape was visible on the images.The elongated shape
is no motion blur,but really how it appeared in all frames.The fainter elongated
part is real too,it is probably an effect of the deployed solar arrays.
(10in Newtonian/manually tracked)
This comparison of 2 frames within 1 second show
how seeing deformes the shape a bit,but the general
shape is the same.
Last night I had twin-ship of Genesis 1,namely Genesis 2 already in the finderscope
but the pass was a little to low for good images.A three-chambered "Biobox" carried
hissing roaches, ants and scorpions into space aboard of it.
The comming night I will try it again.However,here is the final observation of
the first launched private inflatable spacecraft
Genesis 1.__________
On June 11, I took images during a good pass of the Genesis 1 Spacecraft,
built by Bigelow Aerospace and launched on July 12, 2006 from Dombarovskiy
missile base in Russia.The module launched with a diameter of 1.6 meter but
the inflatable disign made it possible to inflate it to its full diameter,
2.54 meter in 10 minutes time.
I was amazed by how easy a shape was visible on the images.The elongated shape
is no motion blur,but really how it appeared in all frames.The fainter elongated
part is real too,it is probably an effect of the deployed solar arrays.
(10in Newtonian/manually tracked)
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This looks like a bad ISS image,but it isn't.This is a much much
smaller object;
This is an old Oceanographic satellite Launched on June 27, 1978,
the first satellite designed for remote sensing of the Earth's oceans
with synthetic aperture radar(SAR).This satellite is already dead since
the launchyear 1978 due to a failure of the vehicle's electric power system,
It is still in our nightsky.The pass on June 11 was amazing.It moved from
Southeast via Northeast to the northwest and was in total 9 minutes visible!
(equipm:10in Newtonian/manually tracked)
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