Orbital paparazzi took a secret photo of the ISS

The International Space Station (ISS) looked a little undignified in a new photo taken by an orbiting satellite.

This week, Australian company HEO Robotics released a photograph of the ISS as we have never seen it before. The diffuse black-and-white image was captured by one of the company’s extraterrestrial satellites just 43 miles (69 kilometers) away in 356 feet (109 meters) of space. season.

“Otherworldly imagery provides the best view of satellites in space,” writes HEO Robotics in X Magazine. HEO Robotics provides satellite imagery of objects in orbit as well as satellite inspection services for government and commercial operators. The company photographed more than a hundred objects after reaching orbital destinations and subsequently used its software to identify the objects.

The company has a fleet of 30 sensors in low Earth orbit, which it uses to take unflattering photos of satellites and spacecraft in orbit.

In early February, HEO Robotics captured Photo the European Space Agency’s ERS-2 Earth observation satellite when it fell to its death in Earth’s atmosphere. The company’s annoying satellites also gave us information. first look at SpaceX Starlink V2 satellite in orbit.

But perhaps no other object in low Earth orbit is as famous as the ISS, which is the size of an American football field. and weighing nearly 1 million pounds, according to POT. The space station has been in orbit for more than 20 years, circling our planet at a distance of 250 miles (460 kilometers).

We’re used to seeing NASA images of the ISS flying gracefully through its orbit, looking like a mechanical phoenix. A recent satellite image of the space station is a good reminder that it’s just an awkward pile of metal floating in space doing its best.

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