On space kindness and the Chelyabinsk meteor

Posted 2013/10/04 07:04 CDT | 1 comments

Through an act of kindness, we now have images of the Chelyabinsk meteor trail from Russia's Elektro-L satellite.

Beautiful science by Elektro-L

Posted 2013/08/08 03:54 CDT | 5 comments

Six months ago, I wrote about the Russian weather satellite Elektro-L, which has more than two years of successful experience in the geostationary orbit. Then I promised that I would be here to share the materials that we collected. I think it's time to deliver on the promise.

Elektro-L spots Chelyabinsk

Posted 2013/10/04 | 0 comments

The Russian Elektro-L weather satellite captured this view of the Chelyabinsk meteorite passing through Earth's atmosphere on February 15, 2013.

Animation of Earth from Russia's Elektro-L satellite

Posted 2013/10/04 | 0 comments

This animation, comprised of images taken by the Russian Elektro-L weather satellite from a geostationary orbit at a distance of 36,000 km, shows the changing illumination of Earth as it rotated on the autumnal equinox.

Elektro-L view of the Chelyabinsk meteor trail

Posted 2013/10/04 | 0 comments

The Russian Elektro-L weather satellite captured this view of the trail of the Chelyabinsk meteor as it passed through the atmosphere (visible in the upper left of the frame) on February 15, 2013.