c/space · by llamacoffee@lemmy.world · 1yHere’s how a satellite ended up as a ghostly apparition on Google Earth https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/heres-how-a-satellite-ended-up-as-a-ghostly-apparition-on-google-earth/31 points · 3 comments · view on lemmy.world
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jet@hackertalks.com · 3 pts · 1y
This is so neat. Makes me want to do orbital mechanics
MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Orbital mechanics is wild - satellites move so fast (like 7-8 km/s) that Google Earth's cameras literally catch them as streaks or ghostly blurs because the exposure time is longer than the satelite's transit through the frame!
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 1y
Can't wait to see ghost hunters talking about ghost satellites.