Photo via GalaxyPix.com
An image of a US
reconnaissance spacecraft that will soon make
an unscheduled
return to earth. The image was made with an amateur
telescope by John
Locker,
a spacecraft observation enthusiast.
Amateur
satellite observation has been spotlighted
here
before for the amazing photos made by backyard
astronomers of Space Shuttles, the International
Space Station and other orbiting spacecraft. The
hobby has rcently attracted major press attention
due to the successful imaging by amateur observers
of a US spysat that is expected to make an uncontrolled
reentry into the earth's atmosphere within a few
months. See the following articles about the tracking
and imaging of the satellite by dedicated amateur
observers:
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