Comments on: X-37B photographed in orbit https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/x-37b-photographed-in-orbit/ Mon, 08 Jul 2019 16:29:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: wodun https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/x-37b-photographed-in-orbit/#comment-1068744 Mon, 08 Jul 2019 16:29:40 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=59265#comment-1068744 That’s what I thought but wasn’t sure. That gives a window for when the current one will land.

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/x-37b-photographed-in-orbit/#comment-1068739 Mon, 08 Jul 2019 14:24:50 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=59265#comment-1068739 In reply to Wodun.

Wodun: The two X-37Bs have never been in orbit at the same time.

]]> By: Wodun https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/x-37b-photographed-in-orbit/#comment-1068734 Mon, 08 Jul 2019 09:42:26 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=59265#comment-1068734 Safe bet it will stay up long enough to beat the record. That is what the have done with every flight. What I don’t recall is if the two have ever both been operational at the same time. They are supposed to do anither launch sometime this year.

If it wasn’t for the giant reflector, getting a picture would have required a mire creative process.

]]> By: BSJ https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/x-37b-photographed-in-orbit/#comment-1068699 Sat, 06 Jul 2019 01:57:30 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=59265#comment-1068699 The really amazing thing is he captured the image while manually tracking it! I’ve tried tracking the ISS a few times with my 10″ Dob. It ain’t easy!!!

Also, is there anyone that still thinks that anything in orbit can be kept “secret”?

If a guy in his backyard can track and image your super secret satellite, what could possibly be hidden from a well funded national program?

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