Captured from ground: ATV Johannes Kepler and Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the ISS
Kudos to Dirk for these amazing images!
Scroll down for an annotated image showing the locations of ATV 2 and the Shuttle.
Images and video courtesy of: Dirk Ewers
A few days ago, NASA featured a similar image by Rob Bullen as their Image of the Day. Last year, Thilo Kranz, a staff member at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) took an outstanding image of the ISS transiting the Sun.
About the images:
Two Line Elements (TLE):
1 25544U 98067A 11059.94480917 .00003150 00000-0 27606-4 0 9183
2 25544 51.6462 356.0474 0005 066 22.5301 93.7337 15.72510241703869
Elevation: 85° north (maximum)
Distance: 358 kilometres (minimum)
Overall length of truss structure (S6/S5/S4/S3/S1/S0/P1/P3/P4/P5/P6): 100.4 metres = 57.85 arcseconds (theoretical maximum)
Speed: 27,710 kilometres per hour
Time: 19:25 CET, 1 March 2011
Location: Hombressen near Kassel, Germany
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