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Coogs 08-01-2020 08:31 PM

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.

Coogs 08-01-2020 09:40 PM

Southern coast of Alaska. Beginning it dive across the USA shortly. Portland to Houston track.

Coogs 08-01-2020 09:55 PM

Saw it again. Could not pick up the Dragon. Still awesome.

DaFace 08-01-2020 10:02 PM

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.

Coogs 08-02-2020 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 15096687)
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.

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!

Donger 08-02-2020 10:16 AM

Just saw that the nose cone is closed right after the de-orbit burn.

DaFace 08-02-2020 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Donger (Post 15096937)
Just saw that the nose cone is closed right after the de-orbit burn.

Yeah, that timeline was super informative.

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.

DaFace 08-02-2020 10:24 AM

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.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZZ-4xuVeBIE" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

DaFace 08-02-2020 11:45 AM

Trunk separation in 4 minutes. Hold on to your butts.

Coogs 08-02-2020 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 15097036)
Trunk separation in 4 minutes. Hold on to your butts.

:thumb:

Hog's Gone Fishin 08-02-2020 11:56 AM

Trunk latch has been popped

chefsos 08-02-2020 12:00 PM

I was kind of expecting cameras on the trunk, if not Dragon itself, to see the separation and burn. Maybe I'm spoiled...

DaFace 08-02-2020 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by chefsos (Post 15097059)
I was kind of expecting cameras on the trunk, if not Dragon itself, to see the separation and burn. Maybe I'm spoiled...

Yeah, I was hoping we'd get more video. You're right, we're spoiled.

I bet we'll get video later.

DaFace 08-02-2020 12:26 PM

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.

mlyonsd 08-02-2020 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 15097111)
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.

At least the telemetry graphics where we can watch speed/altitude/etc.


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