All pictures are (C)2007, 2008, 2009 by T. Cools.
ISS and Space shuttle Transit Predictions.
I won't do any satellite predictions here anymore. You can go here for your personal satellite predictions: http://www.heavens-above.com/
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September 12 2009: Left: HTV 1 photographed
at 19:35UTC.
Right: Japanese H2B upper stage(2009-048B/35818)
floating around close to decay.(predicted for December 14 2009).
Hight above surface Earth is only about 200km.
Photographed at 19:09UTC.
September 10 2009: The Japanese Module HTV 1 on its way to ISS. It is entering Earth's shadow at 19:50UTC. 2009-048A/35817.
August 29 2009:
Left: Some 22 minutes after launch of STS128 Discovery, the Orbiter with
the External tank could be seen over Belgium at 04:21UTC.
The orange trail is the external tank.
It would not survive another orbit. It reentered the Earth's atmosphere
soon after. Discovery went further for a mission to ISS.
Right: YouTube Movie with flight of STS
128 Discovery and External Tank over Belgium.
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March 13 2008: Left: ATV 1 08-08A/32686
at 04:25UTC over Belgium reaching mag 0.
Right: ISS with STS 123 Endeavour already
docked, this pass was the brightes I have ever seen mag -6 to -8 at 04:
49UTC, only an hour after Endeavour docked with ISS. I saw the crew
entering the space station on Nasa television some minutes later.
The passing bright dot didn't look like
a round dot but more like a 'slash'.
ISS and STS122 transit on February 11, 2008 at 18:57UTC. Somewhere near the town of Roeselare there was a transit over the Moon which was seen by a group of satellite observers from Bruges, Belgium.
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Above: 3 pictures of the transit from ISS and STS122 on February 10 2008 at 18:38 UTC.During culmination ISS/STS122 reached at least mag -4. Going into the Earth's shadow it changed colours again comming from the orange solar arrays.
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Left: STS122(08005A/32486) Atlantis underway
to ISS on February 8 2008 passing at 18:20 UTC.
Right: one hour after they have docked,
ISS and STS122 Atlantis on February 9 2008 at 18:16 UTC.
ISS(98067A) and STS118 Endeavour(07035A) on August 12 2007 at 2106UTC.
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ISS(98067A) and STS118 Endeavour(07035A) docked together and passing over Belgium in twilight at 20:21UTC on August 10 2007
ISS(98067A) on August 5 2007 at 21h38m UTC.
Left: ISS(98067A/25544) . Right: CZ-2C rocket body (04012C/28222) both on May 1 2006
Unknown satellite traveling through UMA
in the direction of UMI on April 30 2006 at around 20:45UTC.
It was not flaring but the satellite had
a varying period of about 1 minute(guess) from mag +3.5 to mag +1.5.
Identified by Russell Eberst as USA129, KH11-11(1996-72A/24680). Thanks Russell !
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Left Picture of ISS transit on April 30
2006 at 20:47 UTC. The other satellite crossing its path is Kosmos
1220.
Right: Satspy Sky Chart with the two satellites
crossing beeing the West-East one ISS(98-67A/25544) and the one which is
crossing Corona Borealis Kosmos 1220(80089A-12054)
(click to see them on a larger scale)
ISS on November 6 2002.
This is the picture I presented to Frank
De Winne, Soyuz TMA1 flight engineer at the
flight memorial reception in Sint Truiden,
Belgium on November 13, 2002.
In fact I have taken several pictures on
2 clear days with Frank De Winne on board ISS.
I intend to put them all on this page.
Here below you will find a 'Satspy' drawing of the passage. The picture is located in the constellation of Canis Minor with the bright star beeing Procyon. Orion is not visible on the picture.(clich to enlarge)
NOSS 2-2(91-76CDE/21799,21808,21809)
on September 29, 2002
Noss 2-02 photographed in the constellation of Andromeda around 19h57m
UTC at Bruges, Belgium.(Damse Vaart)
on September 29, 2002.
Location: 51.2277deg N and 3.2478degE.
Due to heavy winds, slight movement of the trails and stars are visible
but not really disturbing.
The satellites were visible with the naked eye and reached a magnitude
of about +2.
The bright star in the center is phi And where 91076E is just passing
close by.
Here are the tle's:
