#SLIM
@ISAS_JAXA_EN
is back?! A Signal was visible for several minutes until 19:32:20 UTC when it turned off. It's just after AOS, so we have 13 more hours to observe. Also visible sidebands on our second receiver at the moment when the beacon was switched off.
On the eve of the Starship test flight, a reminder of why full reusability is a game changer for access to space... While the industry is following the red line, SpaceX is on a different curve.
Note: a straight line is an exponential on this semi-log graph.
Notice the Moon photobombing our MP42
#microsatellite
selfie, captured by its deployable 4K camera in orbit above
#Australia
? If not, turn on full-screen and audio!🔊
Learn why we chose a consumer camera for the task in our press release below, where you can also watch it in 4K.