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08-01-2020, 08:31 PM | #3151 |
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Small window next lap. Looks like for my view it will start in the West around Denver/Cheyenne area and end in the Oklahoma City/Dallas area.
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08-01-2020, 09:40 PM | #3152 |
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Southern coast of Alaska. Beginning it dive across the USA shortly. Portland to Houston track.
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08-01-2020, 09:55 PM | #3153 |
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Saw it again. Could not pick up the Dragon. Still awesome.
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08-01-2020, 10:02 PM | #3154 |
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Caught it! We had a ton of haze, but the clouds broke just enough to catch ISS, and after staring a bit my wife noticed Dragon out maybe 5-10 seconds (10 degrees?) in front. I've tried a few times and failed, so super cool to see it with Bob and Doug on board.
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08-02-2020, 07:25 AM | #3155 |
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Awesome. We were not able to find the Dragon on either pass. Not dark enough the first pass, and patch cloud cover would have hampered the second pass. I did catch them both back in late May or early June though... also about 10 degrees apart. That was quite a sight!
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08-02-2020, 10:16 AM | #3156 |
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Just saw that the nose cone is closed right after the de-orbit burn.
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08-02-2020, 10:18 AM | #3157 | |
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Trunk separation will be the start of the "exciting" stuff. Coming up at 1:51pm EDT. It'll take about an hour from that point until they're in the water. |
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08-02-2020, 10:24 AM | #3158 |
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Kind of a late addition from Tim, but here's a 30-minute video with details about the entire splashdown sequence if anyone's interested in something to burn some time before the fun starts.
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08-02-2020, 11:45 AM | #3159 |
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Trunk separation in 4 minutes. Hold on to your butts.
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08-02-2020, 11:51 AM | #3160 |
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08-02-2020, 11:56 AM | #3161 |
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Trunk latch has been popped
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08-02-2020, 12:00 PM | #3162 |
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I was kind of expecting cameras on the trunk, if not Dragon itself, to see the separation and burn. Maybe I'm spoiled...
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08-02-2020, 12:03 PM | #3163 |
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08-02-2020, 12:26 PM | #3164 |
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Yeah, they need to come up with some visuals to show for this part. Kind of hard to stay excited when all you get is a narrator.
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08-02-2020, 12:29 PM | #3165 |
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