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STS-128 and ISS Image 2009/08/30(UT)
Ralf Vandebergh
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subject: 2009/08/30_STS-128 and ISS observations
Full of live in low Earth orbit
Observations of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-128 and the ISS taken
1 day after launch of the Shuttle and with the Shuttle passing some
23 minutes behind the Space Station. The shuttle was in a considerable
lower orbit fresh after launch, causing a higher apparant speed then the ISS
and a lower altitude above the horizon, namely 37 degrees from here.
To my surprise, the image of the shuttle was quite detailed for the altitude.
The station passes around 64 degrees, so much higher, providing a more
detailed view.
Marked in the ISS image are some details;
We see the Robotic Arm Canadarm 2 in its position awaiting the comming
mission work, and we see a nice view of the Japanese Exposed Facility,
the most recent addition of the previous mission STS-127.
Result of these observations is this composed picture showing totally
13 people in low Earth orbit.....
imagery: 10 inch Newtonian, manually tracked)
Observing and lighting angle enabled visibility of some of the
instruments mounted on the Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility.
At the right we see an enlargement of the JEF from the image at left.
Closest to the JEM(Kibo)mounted is the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI)
(delivered by JAXA).
This is a set of highly sensitive X-ray slit cameras for the monitoring
of more than 1000 X-ray sources in space over an energy band range
of 0.5 to 30 keV.
The instrument visible mounted on the outside is the ICS, the Inter-orbit
Communication System, the Kibo-specific communications system for
uplinking and downlinking data, images and voice between Kibo and
the Mission Control Center at Tsukuba Space Center by way of
Japan's own relay satellite, the Data Relay Test Satellite, or DRTS.
Imagery: 10inch Newtonian, manually tracked)
subject: 2009/08/30_STS-128 and ISS observations
Full of live in low Earth orbit
Observations of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-128 and the ISS taken
1 day ofter launch of the Shuttle and with the Shuttle passing some
23 minutes behind the Space Station. The shuttle was in a considerable
lower orbit fresh after launch, causing a higher apparant speed then the ISS
and a lower altitude above the horizon, namely 37 degrees from here.
To my surprise, the image of the shuttle was quite detailed for the altitude.
The station passes around 64 degrees, so much higher, providing a more
detailed view.
Marked in the ISS image are some details;
We see the Robotic Arm Canadarm 2 in its position awaiting the comming
missions work, and we see a nice view of the Japanese Exposed Facility,
the most recent addition of the previous mission STS-127.
Result of these observations is this composed picture showing totally
13 people in low Earth orbit.....
imagery: 10 inch Newtonian, manually tracked)
subject: 2009/08/30 Discovery Cockpit color observations
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This observation turned out to be one of my, or even my best images ever,
totally unexpected due to the relative low altitude above the horizon.
What greatly helped however was the relative low altitude of the Orbiter
above the Earth, as it was in a still climbing fase, almost exactly one day
after launch. Resolution should have been considerable higher when
it passes overhead at the distance of 245 km, (now just beneedt 400 km due
to the angle).
The color version at left seems to show reflected Earth light at a particular
side on the shuttle, just as previously seen in ISS images. Interesting is again,
the apparantly more greenish color rather then the cyan color in ISS images.
I have noted this fact in earlier color images of the Shuttle in orbit.
Imagery: 10inch Newtionian, manually tracked)
subject: 2009/08/30 Discovery Cockpit color observations
This observation turned out to be one of my, or even my best images ever,
totally unexpected due to the relative low altitude above the horizon.
What greatly helped however was the relative low altitude of the Orbiter
above the Earth, as it was in a still climbing fase, almost exactly one day
after launch. Resolution should have been considerable higher when
it passes overhead at the distance of 245 km, (now just beneedt 400 km due
to the angle).
The color version at left seems to show reflected Earth light at a particular
side on the shuttle, just as previously seen in ISS images. Interesting is again,
the apparantly more greenish color rather then the cyan color in ISS images.
I have noted this fact in earlier color images of the Shuttle in orbit.
Imagery: 10inch Newtionian, manually tracked)
subject: 2009/08/30_STS-128 Discovery on flight day 1
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Taken at an altitude of only 37 degrees above the horizon, it was a great
challange still capturing this detail. At this altitude, I normally even don't take
ISS images. Note especially the reflection on probably one of the edges
of the Multi Purpose Logistics Module(MPLM) Leonardo into the Payload Bay.
subject: 2009/08/30 STS-128 Discovery
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This is an improved version of the Aug 30 observation of the
cockpit part of Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-128 mission,
on flightday 2, and 1 day after launch.
Imagery: 10inch Newtonian, manually tracked using 6x magn)
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