The Flickr Geostationarysatellite Image Generatr

“This photo of an Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV) shows the upper stage after it has placed a geostationary platform in orbit above the Earth. The totally-reusable liquid-fueled spacecraft is being studied by Boeing Aerospace Company under a contract with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The geostationary platform contains various antenna for communications with Earth. The OTV could place cargo or people into higher orbits in space and be able to return to the Space Shuttle for reuse.”

8.375" x 11.5". Yet another exquisite work by Boeing’s John “Jack” Olson.

Continue to Rest In Peace Brother, and thank you:

www.398th.org/Images/Images_Association/Text/Olson_Cleari...
Credit: 398th Bomb Group Memorial Association website

space.nss.org/national-space-society-governor-jack-olson-...
Credit: NSS website

GOES-U, the fourth and final satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series of advanced geostationary satellites, recently completed electromagnetic interference (EMI)/electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing. EMI/EMC testing ensures that spacecraft functions are not affected by various types of electromagnetic radiation during operations and was the final step in a rigorous testing program to confirm that the satellite can withstand the harsh conditions of launch and maintain functionality in orbit 22,236 miles above Earth. The full testing program spanned nearly a year and was conducted by Lockheed Martin and SpaceX personnel at the Lockheed Martin facility in Littleton, Colorado, where the satellite was built. GOES-U is on track for an April 2024 launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida aboard a Falcon Heavy launch vehicle.
Learn more about GOES-U environmental testing at www.nesdis.noaa.gov/news/noaas-goes-u-completes-environme...

Possible Hughes Aircraft Company (Hughes Space and Communications Group) artist’s depiction of an Intelsat IV-A satellite during payload shroud separation of its Atlas-SLV3D Centaur-D1AR launch vehicle.
A handsome piece of work. A refreshing change from the prevalent angled/pitched ascent photo, even those that depict the same sequence. It makes for a wonderful highly oblique, thus expansive view looking back at the Florida peninsula. I wonder which is more correct, this or those with the vehicle still pitching over? Actually, who cares!
It’s a shame I’m unable to make heads or tails of the signature. And I just don’t have it in me to pursue it.

Whoever it is, is probably responsible for plate [56] here:

history.nasa.gov/SP-4402/ch2.htm

The verso has an odd triangular surficial tear near the lower right-hand corner that seems to have removed the top ‘finished layer’. Fortunately, there’s no evidence of it on the obverse.

Good Intelsat IV-A reading:

space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/intelsat-4a.htm
Credit: GUNTER’S SPACE PAGE website

"The positions of six tropical disturbances were observed simultaneously on September 14, 1967, in this picture from the ATS I satellite over the Pacific," says the Applications Technology Satellite Program Manager, JOSEPH R. BURKE.
"Beulah was developing in the Caribbean, Monica was west of Mexico, and Nanette was developing south of Baja California. At the same time, Sarah had started south of Hawaii and Vera and Opal were off the coast of Japan. As in many other ATS pictures, the intertropical conversion zone is visible along the line of the equator. One of the chief advantages of geostationary satellites is that they permit the meteorologists to view a very large area simultaneously."

Above from, along with the image, at:

history.nasa.gov/SP-168/p33a.htm

Grumman Aerospace Corporation artist's depiction, by The Man himself - Craig Kavafes - of a solar power satellite in geostationary orbit, ca. 1975.

IMHO Mr. Kavafes created some of the most iconic, lasting & spectacular works capturing proposed/planned efforts & vehicles of the U. S. space program, particularly the Lunar (Excursion) Module.
This however is not one of his stellar or inspired works. I really don't think his heart was in this one. Granted, it’s no LM/LEM and sorta ‘solar’ pie-in-the-sky.

The hand-written annotation on the verso references Dr. Peter E Glaser, the father of the Solar Power Satellite (SPS) concept, interesting:

space.nss.org/?s=glaser
Credit: National Space Society website

www.space.com/26175-peter-glaser-solar-power-satellite-ob...
Credit: Space.com website

spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2016/12/energy-from-space...
Credit: Spaceflight History blogspot/David S. F. Portree

Tangentially:

space.nss.org/space-solar-power-links/
Also credit the National Space Society website

R.I.P. Dr. Glaser, thank you for dreaming big.

The rapid motion of Comet 46P/Wirtanen can be seen in this video showing the movement of the comet through Eridanus/Cetus on the evening of December 7, 2018. The video was made of 120 individual images. Several geostationary satellites can be seen traversing the field during the short clip.

Even though geostationary satellites are small and 22000 miles (36000 km) above the surface of the Earth they can be photographed with just a DSLR camera and a standard lens:

Here's a single long exposure of a patch of the night sky above Lake Sonoma (60 sec, f/2.8, ISO 6400, 55 mm). The celestial equator runs through the middle of the image. The stars are motion-blurred and are imaged as streaks, but among them is a row of faint dots - satellites in a geosynchronous orbit. Image stacking can remove the stars and make the satellites more visible.

Even though geostationary satellites are small and 22000 miles (36000 km) above the surface of the Earth they can be photographed with just a DSLR camera and a standard lens:

This picture is a stack of five 60-second exposures, taken with the camera pointing at the celestial equator. Each pixel in the image is the minimum of the corresponding pixels in the five original exposures. The field of view includes many stars, but since they move from one exposure to the next, taking the minimum erases them all. However, arrayed along the equator are a number of satellites in a geosynchronous orbit. The satellites do not move in the sky, so they show up as a row of bright dots.

After taking the minimum of the five original exposures, low-frequency noise in the starless sky was filtered out, and contrast was increased to make the sky black and the satellites as bright as possible.

Even though geostationary satellites are small and 22000 miles (36000 km) above the surface of the Earth they can be photographed with just a DSLR camera and a standard lens:

Here the satellites in a geosynchronous orbit above Earth's equator have been isolated from a background of much brighter stars, but a short exposure of the same region of the sky has been added back in. The satellites appear in the same position relative to the stars as at the time of the short exposure, but they are many times brighter than in an unprocessed photo.

"View of T.A.D. 25 missile with Syncom-C (A-27) on launcher pad 17A. Really really nice composition - the first geostationary satellite, Syncom C/A-27 (aka Syncom 3 upon reaching orbit).

Superb information - per usual - at:

www.spacelaunchreport.com/thorflew.html

Specifically:

www.spacelaunchreport.com/Delta-D-Card.jpg
Credit: Space Launch Report website

And of course:

space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/syncom-1.htm
Credit: Gunter's Space Page

My first proper try at star trails and being a bit of a wimp I didn't stray far from "home" to get this one, in fact I put the camera in front of our motorhome and went back inside where it was warm! This also meant that I wasn't pointing the camera North to get nice circles as it was behind me and not nearly as pretty as this view.

20 images stacked in starstax, each image was 90 seconds at F/4 with an ISO of 1600, I used a pluto trigger to take the images with a 1 second gap between each one.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying GOES-S is now on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch vehicle will send the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's, or NOAA's, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-S, into orbit.

GOES-S is slated to lift off at 5:02 p.m. EST on March 1, 2018 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

Photo credit: Michael Starobin, NOAA/NASA

The Centaur upper stage that will help launch NOAA's GOES-S departs the Delta Operations Center for the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Centaur then will be mated to a United Launch Alliance Atlas V booster.

GOES-S is slated to launch March 1, 2018.

Photo Credit: Kim Shiflett

At the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a crane lifts a Centaur upper stage for mating to a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that will boost NOAA's GOES-S satellite to orbit.

GOES-S is slated to launch March 1, 2018.

Photo Credit: Kim Shiflett

At the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a Centaur upper stage is mated to a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that will boost NOAA's GOES-S satellite to orbit.

GOES-S is slated to launch March 1, 2018.

Photo Credit: Kim Shiflett

The Centaur upper stage that will help launch NOAA's GOES-S satellite arrives at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Centaur will be mated to a United Launch Alliance Atlas V booster.

GOES-S is slated to launch March 1, 2018.

Photo Credit: Kim Shiflett

In a clean room at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, technicians and engineers monitor progress as NOAA's GOES-S satellite is encapsulated in its payload fairing. It soon will be moved to Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for mounting atop the Atlas V rocket that will boost the satellite to orbit.

The payload fairing protects the spacecraft during the ascent through Earth's atmosphere on its way to orbit.

GOES-S is slated to launch March 1, 2018 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

In a clean room at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, technicians and engineers monitor progress as NOAA's GOES-S satellite is mated to its payload attach fitting. It soon will be moved to Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for mounting atop the Atlas V rocket that will boost the satellite to orbit.

The payload fairing protects the spacecraft during the ascent through Earth's atmosphere on its way to orbit.

GOES-S is slated to launch March 1, 2018 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

In a clean room at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, technicians and engineers monitor progress as NOAA's GOES-S satellite is encapsulated in its payload fairing. It soon will be moved to Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for mounting atop the Atlas V rocket that will boost the satellite to orbit.

The payload fairing protects the spacecraft during the ascent through Earth's atmosphere on its way to orbit.

GOES-S is slated to launch March 1, 2018 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

In a clean room at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, technicians and engineers monitor progress as NOAA's GOES-S is encapsulated in its payload fairing. It soon will be moved to Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for mounting atop the Atlas V rocket that will boost the satellite to orbit.

The payload fairing protects the spacecraft during the ascent through Earth's atmosphere on its way to orbit.

GOES-S is slated to launch March 1, 2018 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett