DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 22hHigh-level milestones schedule overview that will probably be discussed in the Artemis update from NASA later today. Source: ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citation... 2151 15
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 23hJust a minor correction, P-8s fly with the German Navy (Marinefliegergeschwader) not the Air Force 170 7
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026I remember the rain and the dot seen from Agami :) One just has to get a little closer ;-) 010 1
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026Some more pretty pics from back in the day. With the removal of Soyuz from CSG, that book is firmly closed, but the memories remain... #VS01 #IOV #Galileo #ESA 1252 25
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 21/10/202615 years ago today I was doing something else... Tempus fugit, in this case literately, with PHM clocks on-board :) #VS01 #CSG #IOV #IOVM1 #ESA 1100 10
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026Re-entry vehicles and para-foils, not as easy as it sounds I'll leave it that... 1413 41
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026And for those who recall after it came back to ESTEC, for many years (today not so much) it was smelling up the high-bay :) 140 4
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026I had an estimated burn at 01:52, however, my "mistake" was to follow Kosmos 2612’s old orbit up to the estimated burn at 01:52, then switch to the new orbit, but the new orbit closest point (01:35) had already passed, ie so I "miss" the closest point.... back to the drawing board... 000 0
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026Wait, did you edit your video ? I cant find this part any longer ? 020 2
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026Meanwhile, we finally get hi-res images of the Artemis II Heat Shield on Orion Sources: images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-... images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-... 0538 53
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026ie, plot below (porting my python code and having php headaches and math doubts, so take this with a huge grain of salt until I check this closer...) but based on the latest set i'm getting 483 m at 18-10 02:05 UTC, and now i'm propagating back and forth, with the difference of using historical sets 010 1
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026I'm knee deep in porting my old python code, SGP4 fun and php headaches, anyway, below current work in progress (huge caveat I havent checked the calculations fully yet so grain of salt etc.) 040 4
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026Good reason to get off my lazy ass and play more with SGP4 and make it more accurate (ie implement it properly) in my app/plot... 291 9
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026duidelijk, ik blijf nu wel bij een volledige SGP4 versie, dat is al beter dan wat ik eerst deed (alleen main long-term J2 effects) los van dat OMM/TLE data is dat mijns inziens een "betere" manier 000 0
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026Uhmm, gisteren was schijnbaar ook vrij dichtbij ? caveat ik ben nog aan het puzzelen met MEAN_MOTION_DOT / MEAN_MOTION_DDOT om de berekening nauwkeuriger te krijgen, dus grafiek hieronder met twee of meer korrels zout nemen 100 1
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026I was curious about this Tesla Roadster Copperfield-esque show, so just leaving this here... There were 2 cars, 1 stunt car and 1 show car (interiors shots) ? The stunt car was some sort of shell with the extra tank on the passenger side ? Questions.... 4252 25
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026Meanwhile, the mcmurtry speirling, a car you can actually buy today, did this is up-side-down fan trick a while back... 0170 17
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026A little timeline reminder of what was said about this second generation tesla roadster previously: Prototype unveil November 2017 with production to start in 2020 Then in 2025, after 5 years of delay, said to start production in 2027 Then this week, updated model and production start in 2028... 6221 22
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026Well that's new, a nice satellite image of a B-21 at Edwards on Google Earth 313218 132
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026No real update today, weather delay... Source: www.purdue.edu/newsroom/202... 180 8
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026Update: “We’re following our game plan,” said Rick Pettigrew, executive director of the Archaeological Legacy Institute. “It’s too early to reach conclusions as we’ve got a lot of science left to apply.” Yep...the dragging out has continued...pfff Source: www.purdue.edu/newsroom/202... 380 8
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026Apparently they have arrived on the Island of Nikumaroro, somewhere on the Lagoon beach And this is where it starts to annoy me a bit, they apparently brought solar panels and starlink, so in 2026, provide better detailed updates, don't drag it out, plane, or something else Source:Purdue Instagram 1150 15
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026Meanwhile the vessel that is carrying the team that will investigate this object has arrived at Nikumaroro 2221 22
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026So, lets see what this object is after all these years...place your bets :) (for the uninitiated, one camp thinks it's an Lockheed Electra, yes THAT L-10 Electra of a certain Mrs. Earhart, others think not so much..) Source: www.archaeologychannel.org/taraia/ More: heritagetac.org/programs/tar... 1528 52
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026Bros creating AI slop versions of everything AI decompiled for them... 180 8
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026Meanwhile at KSC, I see some familiar Dutch people testing the Artemis III / ESM solar array :) ELM testing on-going Source: images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-... 1351 35
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026Meanwhile, in the SR-71 rumor-mill... "Hey...pssst... you....yeah you....wake up.....did you hear that 844 is getting powered-up ?....so like we are next right ?....right ?" 😇 2201 20
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026During the IAC SpaceX had a presentation on Starlink and public ephemeris (location) data to help traffic coordination, (one could of course launch less crap but I digress..) it showed interesting on-orbit shots detailing some of the close approaches Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6gE... 0233 23
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026The ESTEC basement is(was) the best area to find "the good stuff" ;-) #V69 040 4
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026So we have a little bit of a timeline, NASA Admin visits SR-71 844 on January 25th. Checking our little Sentinel friends, it seems that 844 has been moved between 21 and 26th of February (!) so several months earlier then previously reported (May) 1140 14
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026Now I understand this pic from January of the NASA admin and SR-71 844 ;-) Source: images.nasa.gov/details/NHQ2... 1160 16
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026Post script part 2: Just for fun, right next to this building, guess what ? NRO is building a new building, called WPF, or Western Processing Facility, for bigger (5 meter diameter) payloads To be continued ? 090 9
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026There is more detailed information, and although it is listed as public, I find plans related to electrical and security topics a lapse in OPSEC, so, as this is still an active classified facility, I will leave it at that, its a satellite processing facility used by the NRO... 170 7
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026Further digging into the public documents found another nugget, confirmation that this building is still active and was used to process a payload for the NRO, L-47, USA-281, a possible TOPAZ/FIA radar satellite 160 6
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026After finding the building name I started to find more information, including the link to the NRO, in 2017 the HVAC of the building was replaced/upgraded and an addition was built, not knowing the details, I previously reported on that addition on twitter some years ago. 120 2
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026As its hard to find more about a building if you don't know its name, I started there, I doubt it was still called OMCF, so I needed a map, luckily for me, hunters in the area needed good maps, and Vandenberg provided one ! so building 3000 it is 150 5
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026It took me a bit to find and prove this, so lets start with the basics, the location at Vandenberg, the building sits close to the south east end of the runway, mostly unchanged, until something changed around 2017, which is where my initial trail began... 140 4
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026Although the Space Shuttle usage at Vandenberg was cancelled, the building was pretty much ready, after cancellation however, the building was handed over to its current user at some point. The current user you ask ? after "some digging around" I found out it is the NRO... 140 4
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026So, part of my deep dive on X-37B facilities I looked at another building... Although this building doesn't seem to be related to X-37B ops, or at least its lacking evidence, the building has an interesting history, it is Vandenbergs version of the Space Shuttle OPF, aka OMCF 1211 21
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026In 2026 there are probably faster ways to simulate an SR-71, then again, there is the small matter of the actual SR-71 simulator sitting in Dallas... More on the mystery work apparently being doing on NASA SR-71 tail 844 www.twz.com/air/former-s... 1263 26
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026So, Starship IFT-14: Impressive, yes, lots of pretty pics, check... Also: 2 engines out on the booster 1 engine out on Starship early de-orbit after just shy of 2 orbits instead of 6 So today its a nice non-reusable launcher for bigger starlinks, but fully & rapidly re-usable it aint just yet... 6397 39
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026I know the focus is on the "missing" SR-71... But if you want to do high-speed flight testing.... Someone did go check to see if these are still where they were left.... right ?! 👀 #X15 1211 21
