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Starlink-1060 Solar Array, Jonathan Nikkel
Starlink-1060 Solar Array, Jonathan Nikkel

Starlink-1060 Solar Array

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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Starlink-1060, imaged from Tucson, AZ at 1/11/2020 01:40Z manually fine-tracked with semi-automation acquisition assistance using a Meade LX200 10” with an ASI120MM uncooled CMOS, 50ms exposure. Great pass, 2nd launch train came right overhead, this one was on a 71 deg max elevation arc. 2nd launch is now in two primary RAAN groupings w/ ~15 deg offset and three altitude groups at ~350km, ~400km, and ~550km. This was the best of ~650 images collected during this pass of the second launch group.

IMO, astronomers can easily run an MTI and remove detected ROI’s from image stack.

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Starlink-1060 Solar Array, Jonathan Nikkel