A satellite captures a unique image of the International Space Station from a close distance

One of HEO Robotics' satellites captured a unique image of the International Space Station (ISS), located in orbit at an altitude of 400 km from the Earth's surface.

The two objects (the satellite and the space station) were moving at a speed of 6 km per second, while they were at a distance of 69.06 km from each other, which makes the orbital picture clearer.

“Non-terrestrial imaging provides the best view of satellites in space,” HEO Robotics wrote on Tuesday, May 13, on the X platform. “We captured this image of the International Space Station as it passed over the Indian Ocean from a satellite 69.06 kilometers (43 miles) away.” ".

The Australian commercial imaging company is already capturing some rare views of satellites orbiting its own fleet, in a showcase of high-resolution images used to keep customers informed of space activity.

This is not the first time that the Australian company has photographed objects moving at high speed in orbit. On February 14, 2024, HEO Robotics satellites captured images of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Earth observation satellite ERS-2 as it was approaching re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.

In 2023, HEO Robotics released a timeline showing the construction stages of China's three-module Tiangong space station.