Cosmos-482 descent craft: an image before its reentry – 10 May 2025
We are pleased to share with you an image of Cosmos 482, taken just before sunrise from Rome, Italy, a few hours before its reentry in our atmosphere. Cosmos 482 is visible as a...
Category: spacecraft
The GAIA spacecraft, an image – 6 Feb. 2025.
We imaged the Esa’s GAIA spacecraft, now that it stopped its scientific operations and looks much brighter than in the past. The image above comes from the average of 3, 300-second, unguided exposures, unfiltered,...
Lucy close fly-by with the Earth: online observation – 13 Dec. 2024
Next 13 Dec. 2024 the Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, will have its second, close fly-by with the Earth. The Virtual Telescope Project will show the probe to you live,...
Polaris Dawn’s spacecraft captured in a record image, after the historic, first private spacewalk in orbit: 13 Sept. 2024
We succeeded capturing a truly record setting image: the Polaris Dawn’s Crew Dragon “Resilience” spacecraft orbiting the Earth, a few hours after the historic, first private spacewalk ever. The image above comes from a...
ESA’s Sentinel-2C satellite imaged – 6 Sept. 2024
We imaged the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2C satellite again, capturing a beautiful picture We share it here. The image above comes from a single 3-second exposure, remotely taken with the ARTEC250+Paramount ME+C3Pro61000EC robotic unit...
ESA’s Sentinel-2C satellite imaged – 5 Sept. 2024
Less than 24 hours after its launch, we imaged the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2C satellite, under difficult conditions. Here it is our picture. The image above comes from the average of five, 2-second exposures,...
ESA’s Juice spacecraft imaged on its way to the fly-by with the Earth: image and animation – 10-11 Aug. 2024.
We spotted the ESA’s Juice spacecraft again, ready to its fly-by with the Earth next 20 Aug. and going to explore the icy satellites of Jupiter, reaching it in 2031. We present our image...
ESA’s Juice spacecraft imaged on its way to the fly-by with the Earth – 9 Aug. 2024.
Almost one year and half after its launch, we imaged the ESA’s Juice spacecraft, having a fly-by with the Earth next 20 Aug. and going to explore the icy satellites of Jupiter, reaching it...
Chang’e-6 lunar probe back to Earth: an image – 22 June 2024
While the Chinese Chang’e-6 probe is bringing back the first lunar samples from the far side of the Moon, we managed to image the returning module a few days before its reentry. The image...
Nasa’s OSIRIS-REx filmed at its flyby with the Earth – 23 Sept. 2023
We succeeded imaging the Nasa’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft during its flyby with the Earth, going to release its capsule with samples of asteroid Bennu. See our image and time-lapse below. The image above comes from...
Osiris-Rex: back to Earth and beyond – online observation (23 Sept. 2023)
Nasa’s Osiris-Rex is on its way back, ready to deliver sample from asteroid Bennu to Earth. We will try to show in real-time the spacecraft 12 hours before releasing the precious Sample Return Capsule...
Chandrayaan-3: a new image (25 July 2023)
We imaged the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft again, after its orbit was successfully raised for the 5th time. Here it is our image. The image above comes from a single 120-second exposure, remotely taken with the...
The Chandrayaan-3: a image and time-lapse: 15 & 17 July 2023
We managed to capture the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft again and also create a time-lapse from our first night data. The image above comes from a single 180-second exposure, remotely taken with the Celestron C14+Paramount ME+SBIG...
The Chandrayaan-3 and its booster imaged: 15 July 2023
Despite the clouds, we could image the Chandrayaan-3 and (likely) its booster, 15 hours after launch. Here it is our image. The image above comes from a single 180-second exposure, remotely taken with the...
