Timely image... after yesterday's crash.
Todays's 'Image of the Day' shows the cloud of satellites about earth. http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/312941main_Bee-Hive-1_H1_full.jpg (This is a large image) It is apparently getting a little crowded up there. The SatScape program can provide a similar view if you zoom out far enough.
For the detailed writeup, and other sizes check the main URL for IOTD... http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/iotd.html (After today, this one will be in the recent pics collection)
Enjoy /;^)
"The debris objects shown in the images are an artist's impression based on actual density data. However, the debris objects are shown at an exaggerated size to make them visible at the scale shown."
Yeah, big time...
The exaggerated scale makes it look at lot more obnoxious than it really is. But you know the "press" will have this one up on TV sooner or later, and won't explain that factor of it at all.
Nate WY0X
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Alan Sieg WB5RMG Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:35 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] too many satellites ?
Timely image... after yesterday's crash.
Todays's 'Image of the Day' shows the cloud of satellites about earth. http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/312941main_Bee-Hive-1_H1_full.jpg (This is a large image) It is apparently getting a little crowded up there. The SatScape program can provide a similar view if you zoom out far enough.
For the detailed writeup, and other sizes check the main URL for IOTD... http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/iotd.html (After today, this one will be in the recent pics collection)
The dots in this version are smaller. http://science.nasa.gov/Realtime/jtrack/3d/JTrack3D.html
Kenneth - N5VHO
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Nate Duehr Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:49 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: too many satellites ?
"The debris objects shown in the images are an artist's impression based on actual density data. However, the debris objects are shown at an exaggerated size to make them visible at the scale shown."
Yeah, big time...
The exaggerated scale makes it look at lot more obnoxious than it really is. But you know the "press" will have this one up on TV sooner or later, and won't explain that factor of it at all.
Nate WY0X
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Alan Sieg WB5RMG Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:35 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] too many satellites ?
Timely image... after yesterday's crash.
Todays's 'Image of the Day' shows the cloud of satellites about earth. http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/312941main_Bee-Hive-1_H1_full.jpg (This is a large image) It is apparently getting a little crowded up there. The SatScape program can provide a similar view if you zoom out far enough.
For the detailed writeup, and other sizes check the main URL for IOTD... http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/iotd.html (After today, this one will be in the recent pics collection)
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At 12:35 PM 2/12/2009 -0600, "Alan Sieg WB5RMG" wb5rmg@somenet.net wrote:
Timely image... after yesterday's crash.
Todays's 'Image of the Day' shows the cloud of satellites about earth. http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/312941main_Bee-Hive-1_H1_full.jpg (This is a large image) It is apparently getting a little crowded up there.
I think I see AO-40, The one way out there. ;-)
KB7ADL
participants (4)
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Alan Sieg WB5RMG -
Nate Duehr -
Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] -
Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL