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Re:Satellite Takes Image of Another Satellite by wkat4242 on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @09:02PM (#35635173)
But then the resolution can't have been that high, or the other satellite would have been as big as the ISS. It must have been a lot closer than earth.
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Re:Satellite Takes Image of Another Satellite by caf on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @09:21PM (#35635269)
The range to the imaged satellite is overlaid on the images - it's between 90km and 130km over the sequence.
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Re:Satellite Takes Image of Another Satellite by throwaway8503 on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @09:08PM (#35635203)
They've got 0.3m on World View 3, more than enough for what was shown in the gif

Edit: you're probably right, actually.. the silver square on the lower section of landsat 8 is ~1.5m high (guessing from the image on wikipedia), so there should only be ~5-6 pixels for it, but there are clearly more.

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Re:Satellite Takes Image of Another Satellite by ThisIsTheWay on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @11:21PM (#35635982)
The sample distance (SSD) is noted on the GIF, and ranges between 6.5 and 4.6 cm for the images shown here.
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