Lightsail Filmed

[Soheil_Esy]

June 11, 2015

Running out of time to capture the LightSail-A due to weather, I finally got it this morning 2015/06/11 UT 08:22:46 about 11d below Polaris and at 20d altitude and mag. ~7th-9th as it was tumbling over 15s interval, not visible naked eye. Canon T1i, 50mm, iso 6400, 2s. exp. full field and 10d cropped closeup images and TheSkyXPro charts. Multiple track plots were used for updated accuracy thanks to Ted at satobs.org and LightSail Mission Control and USAF.

http://spaceweathergallery.com/indi...d=113464&PHPSESSID=0pjqot56k3iivdo1teo9pen5d6

Lightsail solar sail tumbling over France

June 13, 2015

Last night I filmed the solar sail Lightsail over France, with my Sony A7s and 85mm lens (manual tracking).
I had to drive more than 2 hours to escape storms!

Reentry is forecast tomorrow Sunday at 18:00 UTC +- 6h

http://spaceweathergallery.com/indi...d=113513&PHPSESSID=0pjqot56k3iivdo1teo9pen5d6

Video

Lightsail filmed on June 13 2015, 5 days after sail deploymnent and about 40 hours before atmospheric reentry
Thierry Legault - www.astrophoto.fr