Jonathan M. @ororg.org · 05/09/2026Isar Spectrum deorbit burn was visible over Western Europe as a very dim, conical cloud moving north. Too dim to photograph :( It was above the Channel at approx. 23:47 CEST. I could not see the burn itself, just the exhaust gases starting to get illuminated by the sun, as expected by the figure. 031
Jonathan M. @ororg.org · 05/05/2026Finally got around to finishing the 1:110 Lego Ariane 5 by chha 😊 110
Jonathan M. @ororg.org · 17/08/2025NOAA-15 1800UTC pass One of the last days of NOAA APT transmissions, as NOAA-15 will be decommissioned this week 😢 That good ol' satellite has been transmitting for all my life, though, so I suppose it has earned its rest. 000
Jonathan M. @ororg.org · 08/03/2025My best satellite image yet! All the way from the Sahara to Iceland 😁 Meteor M2-4 LRPT ~14:00UTC 192
Jonathan M. @ororg.org · 02/03/2025Be sure to have a look at Venus in the near future when the clouds allow it! Nowadays, it is an obvious crescent, even with my simple telescope full of chromatic aberration. 000
Jonathan M. @ororg.org · 14/01/2025Cassini took so many amazing pictures 🤩 Dione behind Saturn's rings, with Rhea in the foreground. Processed by @ugordan.bsky.social. 010
Jonathan M. @ororg.org · 25/12/2024Resurs-P No.5 has now launched, marking the 2000th launch of the R-7 family 😮 000
Jonathan M. @ororg.org · 17/12/2024CRS-31 re-entry today around 11:32am central (18:32 UTC). This is presumably the last SpaceX Dragon to re-enter over land. Approximate luminosity indicated by line thickness. 100
Jonathan M. @ororg.org · 16/12/2024Long March 5 is always so pretty 🥹 📸: D_宗师 (m.weibo.cn/detail/51122...) 010
Jonathan M. @ororg.org · 07/12/2024Himawari-9 took a nice image on Aug. 21st, with the Moon distorted by Earth's atmosphere. See e.g. cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl..., credit at bottom of the picture. 160
Jonathan M. @ororg.org · 03/12/2024Big day tomorrow for ESA satellites! - 10:38 UTC: PROBA-3 will launch on 🇮🇳 PSLV! A very exciting mission to achieve millimetre-precision formation flying, to observe the Solar corona. - 21:20 UTC: Sentinel-1C launching on the return-to-flight of 🇪🇺 Vega-C, whose second stage nozzle was redesigned. 010
Jonathan M. @ororg.org · 21/11/2024There were some nice views during today's Progress MS-29 launch, with the trail left behind during ascent visible at the horizon. 021