@astrolori

Perhaps this. The second oldest artificial satellite in space NORAD 00012. Launch date February 17, 1959.

I have pictures of it in the archive here:

https://spacecruft.fit/sats/00012/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_2

The oldest object still in orbit is ID 00005.

That sat has been circling Earth, needlessly, since 1959! #SpaceJunk #RocketBody

First classified satellite of the night is ID 28096. The "ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR" rocket body from 2003, according to N2YO.

I have a quite a few of this sat in the archive already.

https://spacecruft.fit/sats/28096/

#SpaceJunk #RocketBody

Two classified satellites cruising by...

28541 and 28537.

USA 181 is the classified satellite on bottom, the one on top is the satellite's rocket debris.

#satellites #RocketBody #Classified

The first artificial satellite identified for the night is "SL-8" rocket body, launched by the Soviets back on October 14, 1987.

So this is just part of the rocket body that deployed a satellite decades ago. Spinning and spinning...

ID 18403.

This image also adds separate colors for Oneweb and Starlink satellites.

#satellites #RocketBody #SpaceJunk

First artificial satellite of the night is a Chinese rocket body from 2017. Really bright!

#SpaceJunk #RocketBody

Last night I got a faint photo of the TWELFTH artificial object tracked in space!

This is a Vanguard rocket body launched February 17th, 1959.

Yes, this space junk has been circling the globe since 1959, and will continue to do so...

The object is 00012 in the bottom left of the picture.

#RocketBody #SpaceJunk

https://spacecruft.fit/sats/00012/

Another pic of 00694. Super bright space junk that has been uselessly orbiting Earth since launched in 1963. This is the rocket body itself.

Very bright!

https://spacecruft.fit/sats/00694/

#SpaceJunk #RocketBody

Found an old one. New to the archive. ID 00694.

USA ATLAS CENTAUR 2 rocket body. Needlessly orbiting since 1963.

Dark line in bottom left.

#RocketBody #SpaceJunk

American #RocketBody, junk uselessly orbiting Earth since 1977.

ID 10144.

"Thor Burner" is not from a smoke shop, it's from the military!

Thor Burner, a #RocketBody from 1969, still circling Earth as #spacejunk

Identified tonight, ID 04048.

Some camera shake from wind, but still got it.

https://spacecruft.fit/sats/04048/2023-03-18T02-35-06.966.fits.png

https://spacecruft.fit/sats/04048/

Old rocket bodies, one old Soviet, one from the recent Falcon 9 launch.

#RocketBody

https://spacecruft.fit/sats/18737/2023-02-17T01:29:33.526.fits.png

https://spacecruft.fit/sats/49776/2023-02-17T01:28:18.001_49776_catalog.png

Running cams for #satellites tonight at

https://spacecruft.tv

Also testing a live stream at:

https://video.jebba.moe

Got first sat of the night, ID 12508, a Soviet #rocketBody from 1971.

#SpaceJunk

A 1961 rocket body from the USA is the first object detected of the night.

ID 00118, a very low, still-active NORAD ID.

It was first seen by me just a few days ago.

#rocketBody #SpaceJunk

This photo has two old rocket bodies from the #ColdWar.

The new unique one is from the #Soviet Union, launched in 1970. ID 04391.

The other, ID 02144, is an even older rocket body from the USA, launched in 1966.

6,092 unique #satellites identified.

#rocketBody

@astromecanik

Oooh Really old one just photo'd for the first time, ID 00118.

A USA #rocketBody launched in 1961.

#SpaceJunk

More pics of it here:

https://spacecruft.fit/sats/00118/

Also in pic, a #Starlink (again...) from 2020 (ID 45730) and an unidentified track.

@astromecanik

Here's a #Soviet #rocketBody launched in 1971. ID 01575.

Also in the pic, is a #Starlink #satellite launched last September, ID 53729.

Below that is a Starlink sat launched just over a year ago, ID 51144.

Up to 6,083 unique IDs now.

Also got a Chinese #rocketbody, NORAD 54588, launched in December 2022.

https://spacecruft.fit/sats/54588/

USA rocket bodies passing each other in the night...<to sinatra>

#RocketBody

ooooh!

I just got one waaaay older. A useless USA #RocketBody orbiting since 1961!

It is in the top center of this photo, 00082.

That means it was the eighty second artificial satellite NORAD ever counted! Most of the older ones have de-orbited by now.

https://spacecruft.fit/sats/00082/

#Satellites

Tonight hits over 6,000 unique #satellites I photographed, detected, and identifed.

The archive of all satellites is available, sorted by NORAD ID.

https://spacecruft.fit/sats/
Creative Commons CC by SA 4.0.

Libre #stvid software
https://github.com/cbassa/stvid

#ElonsBigEmissions

#SatelliteDebris #Space #RocketBody #Environment #LightPollution