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Aang23 @aang23.satdump.org · 28/09/2026

JUICE (ESA) images from JMC again. Received by @amsat-dl.org in Bochum :-)

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Nou … geliefd … op de zwembad akoestiek van het restaurant en de random airco vents in de vloer van de kantoren na dan

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You might want to say that the current sequence of annual open days was resumed only in 2013 (from memory); before that there was something like a 25+ year gap of no open days ……

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Bert Hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @berthub.eu · 29/07/2026

Er is hoge druk om AI uit te rollen & als je de Thought Leaders volgt lijkt het wel alsof je verloren bent als je niet opschiet. Ook zijn er mensen mordicus tegen, zo tegen dat ze niet met de beste kritieken komen. Hier ideeën over wat nu te doen, en wat beter kan wachten: berthub.eu/articles/pos...

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AI: Overwegingen voor wie erover gaat - Bert Hubert's writings

Onlangs presenteerde ik kort na elkaar bij het Netwerk van Publieke Dienstverleners en bij de Adviesraad Wetenschap, Technologie en Innovatie over AI. In deze twee verschillende maar korte presentatie...

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Slowly getting better at recognising the geo-location of home received X-band KANOPUS-V imagery, using cloud shadows to estimate latitude - 30/6 V 5: Witbank/Emalahleni, South Africa - 3/7 V 4: Al Theniah, Saudi Arabia - 8/7 V 4: Al Hazm, Yemen and Khbash, Saudi Arabia

High resolution imagery home received on X-band from one of the Russian Kanopus-V satellites.

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Part of todays X-band harvest from global overview to small scale: ELEKTRO-L 2 Europe crop, FENGYUN 3F crop and two KANOPUS-V 5 crops (1: Lypchany, Ukraine, hydroelectric power plant near Dnister river and 2: Lacul Ceamurlia, Romania)

Weather satellite image from the Russian ELEKTRO-L 2 satellite - part of the Earth disk cutout showing Europe

Weather satellite image featuring part of Europe - from the Chinese Fengyun 3F weather satellite

Crop from high resolution images taken by the Russian Kanopus-V 5 satellite

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Megan Watzke @mwatzke.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Martin Weisskopf, who helped shape modern X-ray astronomy and was the Chandra Project Scientist for many years, died last week at the age of 84. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that people write letters of support to sustain the mission. www.berryhillfh.com/obituaries/m...

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Martin Charles Weisskopf Obituary May 2, 2026 - Berryhill Funeral Home & Crematory

View Martin Charles Weisskopf's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Yesterday I took a KANOPUS-V 3 X-band pass where I recognised an area from FENGYUN 3B images I received years ago. Navodari on the Black Sea coast. Local crop, somewhat bigger area (both PSS), a MSS false colour crop and a FENGYUN 3H crop of the area an hour or so later.

High resolution (2.5 m/pix) BW image of an area on the Black Sea coast.

High resolution (2.5 m/pix) BW image of an area on the Black Sea coast near where the Danube flows into the Black Sea.

False colour medium resolution (20 m/pix) image of the same area on the Black Sea coast.

Same area again, imaged by a regular Chinese weather satellite (some 175 m/pix resolution) FENGYUN 3H a few hours later.

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

A crop from the FengYun 3F X-band pass @ 11:03 UTC - vast flooding in S-W France also evident from large sediment outflows into the Sea/Ocean.

Weather satellite image of South West France, visually providing evidence of extensive flooding.

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Good luck ! Wishing you all the best

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

IMHO - the whole cooling argument presented is BS - cooling stuff in space is veeeeeeery tough

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 20/01/2026

We’re sad to report the passing of former ESA Director of Science Prof. Roger-Maurice Bonnet on 19 January 2026, aged 88. 🔗 esa.int/About_Us/Cor... @cmundell.esa.int @science.esa.int @josefaschbacher.esa.int

Roger Bonnet, ESA's Director of Scientific Programmes, seen holding a model of Rosetta

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

A true legacy - I had the honour to work as XMM project scientist under his directorship and later worked on one of his cherished missions guiding Rosetta towards the comet 67P - XMM first light press conference - Bonnet, Hasinger (later director of science), myself, Bleeker - RIP Roger …

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I was spokesperson for the science directorate to the Dutch media that day :-)

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

From a FengYun 3H pass today at 12:22 UTC: a crop of Sicily with lots of smoke coming from mount Etna and colourful algae blooms around the island

An image taken by the Chinese weather satellite FengYun 3H capturing the island of Sicily with smoke coming from mount Etna and colourful algae blooms around the island.

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Zoals Drs P zou zeggen: Leiden is een mooie stad maar net iets te ver weg

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

This camera was never intended for this purpose. Only years into the mission I gave permission (as mission manager) to try and use this as ‘the Mars webcam’ for PR purposes.

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I remember the comet on the cover quite well …

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I was there as project scientist. A true piece of history from my e-mail archive. The first in-orbit report:

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European Space History @eurospacehistory.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

#OTD: 12 November 2014, @esa.int's Rosetta Philae lander made history by touching down on the surface of a comet, the first spacecraft ever to do so. The landing was confirmed at 16:03 GMT/17:03 CET 🧪🔭 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... @cnes.fr @dlr-de.bsky.social @operations.esa.int @science.esa.int

Rosetta’s lander Philae is safely on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as these first two CIVA images confirm. One of the lander’s three feet can be seen in the foreground. The image is a two-image mosaic (pic: ESA/Rosetta/Philae/CIVA)

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

You don’t need to know a lot of Spanish to see this article, with inputs from my ESA Rosetta colleague Michael Kueppers, is going the right way !

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

How can we stop the 3I/Atlas rubbish …..

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Spent today X-band tracking "Le quattro stagioni" of FengYun weather satellites: 3D, 3E, 3F and 3H (and 3G) - data processing is a lot of work, so images later. First this solar FY3E XEUVI image with some nice solar flares and plasma arcs (and a cosmic ray hitting the detector)

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Mars Express is a tough little animal with a wonderful team behind it keeping it alive :-) And they keep doing new things as well, like the mutual radio science measurements with ExoMars through the atmosphere.

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Lots of condensation trails can be seen on this Netherlands crop from a FY3F pass @ 10:55 UTC - but if these semi circles near the middle are condensation trails, what was that pilot doing ??

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

A false colour crop of the Iberian peninsula from a Fengyun 3F pass @ 10:55 UTC. Absolutely shocking to see how big the burnt areas from the recent wildfires are !

False colour weather satellite image of the Iberian peninsula illustrating how incredibly big the burnt areas from the recent wildfires are.

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

What amazes me most is this frequency “wobbling” you see (skewed bright lines in the waterfall). Here the recently launched METOP-SGA1 - I mostly see this on W passes.

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I was at the ISAS lodge in Sagamihara Feb 1990 but arrived at 2am (Alaska volcano necessitated a Vancouver detour) but the guard wouldn’t let me in. With great difficulty I convinced him to call prof Tanaka (who spoke fluent Dutch) and finally got me in after having been awake for some 30 hours…

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

From a FY3F pass @ 09:46 UTC today, a Colour Infra Red (CIR) crop centered on Greece. A vast amount of bush fires can be seen, including what looks like a big one on the Island of Chios.

Weather satellite picture centered on Greece clearly showing signs of many large bush fires in the area, also on the island of Chios.

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Finally some sensible words on this matter !

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Een verbazend ons kent ons lijstje …

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

That’s putting it mildly ! Why do we have to put up with this ….

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

De tweede die dit deed, Alan Eustace, was de spreker voor mij bij TED2015 in Vancouver in de “Out of this world” sessie

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

As a comparison, this is a similarly processed UK crop from 16-Jun-2023 - quite a different situation

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

From a X-band pass of FengYun 3D @ 14:33 UTC today a MERSI false colour and true colour UK/Ireland crop.

A weather satellite image of the UK taken by a Chinese weather satellite at 14:33 UTC today, allowing to identify the areas affected by drought.

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

The objective being to destroy science - what can we say - i for one am lost for words, except a few - The writing was on the wall

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

And this is what we get as a result …

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Fred Jansen @redplanet00.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Could we simultaneously kill the narrative I have seen that had Comet Interceptor been at its parking place it could have targeted this comet ? I am pretty sure the delta-V required is just out of this world.

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