These are images taken by a Chinese cubesat in lunar orbit, taken again by a Dutch radio telescope.
The original of this GIF was tweeted here and I've reconstructed it because I don't know how to post it here (How to show this particular tweeted (GIF?) in a question? - trouble downloading). These are images taken by a Chinese cubesat in lunar orbit, taken again by a Dutch radiotelescope.
On 7 October, the Chinese lunar satellite DSLWP-B made this 1.5 hour time lapse of the Earth appearing behind the Moon. A team worked hard this week to download the images with the Dwingeloo @radiotelescoop: @bg2bhc, @KuehnReinhard, @ea4gpz, @tammojan, @cgbassa, PE1NUT et al
You can read more about this dish in
- https://twitter.com/radiotelescoop (Dutch)
- https://twitter.com/tammojan (English)
- https://twitter.com/cgbassa (English)
Question: Are there other, perhaps notable examples of "stolen" space data" or "hijacked space signals" (I use the terms loosely) that resulted in particularly notable images or results? I can't believe this is the first time its happened.
While these days one generally tweets one's "stolen" space data, for the purposes of this question any kind of rebroadcast or public release of the images or data that included the admission that it is "stolen" or "hijacked" would count.
Let's exclude more modern use of LEO through GEO (modern weather satellites, satellite TV, etc.) since those are commonplace and numerous, and not really "space missions" as much as they are commercial services these days.
Video version, found here