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It's probably the Cygnus NG-12 (commercial resupply) which was unberthed from the ISS on January 31st but is still in orbit close to the ISS until March 2nd whe
by roelschroeven 7y ago
It's probably the Cygnus NG-12 (commercial resupply) which was unberthed from the ISS on January 31st but is still in orbit close to the ISS until March 2nd when it will reenter the atmosphere. See https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/01/nasa-fcc-approve-cygnus-ng-12-extension/ https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/01/nasa-fcc-approve-cyg...
The Express got the video from Scott Waring's Youtube channel ET Data Base. There are a few informative comments in the noise there, and they point to Cygnus 11 instead of Cygnus 12 but I don't think that's right: AFAICS Cygnus 11 re-entered in december.
- dtx1 7y agothat is a pretty good explanation, especially since nasa having all necessary data could actually confirm it. I don't understand why it looks like its shooting "up" at the end of the video but it would explain why the cameras were tracking it. edit: it isn't going up, with better footage its obviously just heating up from reentry