TiPS was launched in 1996 by the US Naval Research Laboratory. A four-kilometre long tether connected two satellites named Ralph and Norton. The two satellites together had a mass just under 50 k...
TiPS was launched in 1996 by the US Naval Research Laboratory. A four-kilometre long tether connected two satellites named Ralph and Norton. The two satellites together had a mass just under 50 kilograms. Tethered satellites show promise in helping with orbital maneuvering, power generation and artificial gravity tests. This experiment was concluded in late 2006 when the tether presumably broke. I captured this video in the summer of 2004 with an Astrovid StellaCam EX, Celestron 8-inch NexStar GPS telescope with f/2 Fastar optics, NexRemote and SatelliteTracker software and a soundtrack from the shortwave time signal WWV from an observing site inside Toronto. The field of view here is about 40' x 50', slightly larger than the Full Moon.
1) what are the objects passing by the tether? 2) what device tracks the tether? 3) who operates the device tracking the tether? (what is the source of this info?) 4) how old is this footage?
without any info, this footage is not very informative and neither too credible; it is interesting, but not informative;
Very nice...I'm not real knowledgeable on how these things are done...how was the object tracked by the camera? It seems to be moving across the sky quite quickly...is that more an illusion of the backdrop?
2) what device tracks the tether?
3) who operates the device tracking the
tether? (what is the source of this info?)
4) how old is this footage?
without any info, this footage is not very informative and neither too credible; it is interesting, but not informative;