Comparison (animated GIF) of July 17 and July 19 (today) Copernicus Sentinel satellite images of the #Elektrostal warehouses near Moscow, before and after Ukrianian drone attacks. Combination of natural Colour channels and SWIR to bring out the fire localities.

Trajectory and main event points of #Starship FT-13. Numbers next to trajectory is Mission Elapsed Time in minutes.

Here is a recording of about 2 minutes of the voice reception from #Soyuz MS-29 at 121.75 MHz as received by radio from Leiden, around docking

Good radio reception of #Soyuz MS-29 at 121.75 MHz from #Leiden, the Netherlands, a few minutes ago, around time of docking. At least 7 minutes of clearly audible voice of Dubrov and Kikina, in Russian.

The #wildfire at #Fontainebleau, France in a Sentinel 2B satellite image of yesterday (13 July) 12:46 CEST. Combination of visual channels and SWIR to bring out the active fire locations.

Same part of the sky, imaged by me in 2014 (SSON 60-cm telescope), and last night (MISO TU Delft 40-cm telescope) Green and red marked objects are (the same) stars, as reference. What do you note about the yellow marked object? Can you guess what it is?

The International Space Station (#ISS) imaged in the prime focus of our Delft University of Technology Aerospace Faculty 40.2 cm MISO telescope (using a QHY 268M) last night (10-11 July 2026). Focus can still be improved, but otherwise I am happy with this, as several components are recognizable.

I sleep under a 'klamboe' (mosquito net) so I can keep the window open without being bugged by mosquitoes

Shiveluch, Kamchatka, eruptive ash plume in a Sentinel 2A satellite image from this morning (7 July 2026) 4:19 UTC. It was not yet visible in a Sentinel 2B image from 02:15 UTC.

Etna on Sicily eruption yesterday 5 July, in a Copernicus Sentinel 2B satellite image. I combined the visual and SWIr channels to bring out the hotspot.

You've seen it in Rome....

Contemplated this head cover this morning 😉 Decided to go for the Panama instead

4/x Exclusion zones from Navigational Warning HYDROPAC 1741/26 (blue) and the trajectory of the SWIFT Space Observatory (yellow). Times in UTC (June 27). Matches well. LINK is a reboost mission for SWIFT, and will be airlaunched with a Pegasus XL rocket.

3/x So, CORRECTED:

Navigational Warnings have been published for what appears to be a #missile test in the Pacific, south of #Kwajalein, 27-29 June 2026. Not clear what. Indicated range ~3800 km. @nukestrat.bsky.social @m514ever.bsky.social @planet4589.bsky.social @wslafoy.bsky.social

82 years ago today: AntiFa storming the beaches of Normandy. Brits, Americans, Canadians, Free French, risking their lives to defeat the Nazi's. Now we are voting them in again.

Submarine #volcanic eruptions at Titan Ridge in the Bismarck Archipelago, in a Copernicus Sentinel 2A satellite image from May 22. Visible are the eruption steam plumes, volcanic ash (green and blue) and floating pumice (beige)

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Live opname BNR @spacecowboyspod.bsky.social vanuit Noordwijk SpaceExpo

Here is a snippet: voice of #Kosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev during #ISS #EVA-66 (in progress) as received by me from Leiden at 130.167 MHz:

Clear Russian voice coms from the ISS #EVA just now during the 15:06 UTC #ISS pass on 130.167 MHz

Ik word zó moe van dit soort Calvinistisch gezeur. (als antwoord op een post over de vernoeming - niet door haarzelf! -van een planetoide naar een amateurastronoom). Dit soort zuurpruimerij kan ook écht alleen van een Nederlander komen.

5/x This is an animated GIF of the discovery images. The faint moving dot indicated by the arrow is (585349) Eeuwes

4/x Asteroid (585349) Eeuwes was discovered as object "SaLa024" on 25 October 2012 by @sarneczky and me using the 0.6-meter Schmidt telescope of Piszkéstetö Observatory (MPC 461) in Hungary. The asteroid is an estimated 1.5 km in diameter

3/x Astrid Eeuwes is a Dutch amateur astronomer and educator known for her dedicated work on recovering micro-meteorites from rooftop and gutter detritus.

2/x The naming was announced today in IAU-WGSBN-Bulletin vol 6 nr 8 (25 May 2026): www.wgsbn-iau.org/files/Bullet... The name was co-suggested by Alex Scholten

6/x So this is how it will transpire I believe: initial launch into 30 deg inclination, then just before MECO a change into ~27.1 degree inclination. In case of RUD before MECO, debris will rain down in area B of NAVAREA IV 464 #Starship

3/x A ~30 degree inclined orbit fits the Navigational Warnings for the launch area, but does not fit well with the orientation of the reentry area. Suggests possible inclination correction near ascending node.

2/x The reentry area in the Indian Ocean is slightly different as well:

1/x Navigational Warnings for the #Starship FT-12 launch show that it takes a more southern trajectory than previous Starship flights, south of Cuba instead of north. Comparison of FT-12 (blue) to FT-11 (red):