Satellite captures another satellite

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Satellite captures another satellite

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Satellite captures another satellite I didn’t know this was about three years ago ( it stays in a certain orbit for the next five years )but still way cool !
Gee if I had known there was so much to see I would have started decades ago ! :Astronomer1:

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Now that is very encouraging.
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Now that is very interesting. Was new to me. Thanks for sharing.

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