Author Topic: SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-4 : KSC LC-39A : 27 April 2022 (07:52 UTC) (Read 195861 times)

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #500 on:** 10/14/2022 04:18 pm »

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1580954821812973568

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Burn 1 complete and nominal. Exiting the KOS (Keep Out Sphere).

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #501 on:** 10/14/2022 04:23 pm »

Dragon should be leaving approach ellipsoid in a couple of minutes

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #502 on:** 10/14/2022 04:24 pm »

https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1580957380644605952

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NASA TV: Crew-4 has completed 2,720 orbits, or about 72 million miles traveled over the past six months.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #503 on:** 10/14/2022 04:27 pm »

Dragon has exited the approach ellipsoid

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #504 on:** 10/14/2022 04:33 pm »

SpaceX undocking coverage has ended. NASA TV has continuous coverage until splashdown. SpaceX will return with splashdown coverage in about 4.5 hours, an hour before splashdown.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #505 on:** 10/14/2022 05:08 pm »

https://twitter.com/space_station/status/1580967332746129409

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The @SpaceX Dragon Freedom crew ship will soar above the U.S. today before splashing down off Florida's Atlantic coast at 4:55pm ET. Watch live coverage at... nasa.gov/live

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #506 on:** 10/14/2022 05:15 pm »

https://twitter.com/raul74cz/status/1580970044942479360

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Seven issued NOTMAR Hazard Areas for #Crew-04 Dragon C212.1 "Freedom" reentry and splashdown with relevant recovery locations. Planned splashdown ~20:55 UTC in purple marked Jacksonville Recovery Location on southward trajectory. bit.do/LHA17

ChrisC · « **Reply #507 on:** 10/14/2022 06:17 pm »

Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 10/14/2022 05:08 pm

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The @SpaceX Dragon Freedom crew ship will soar above the U.S. today before splashing down off Florida's Atlantic coast at 4:55pm ET. Watch live coverage at... nasa.gov/live

Thank you! That map is what I came here for. This tweet chatter in the replies is also informative:

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I assume we won’t be able to see the plasma in the daylight?
No, but you might hear sonic booms!!
I have seen some videos of people seeing Cargo Dragons reentry during the day. It looks more like a smoke trail durning the day. Definitely worth a look!
Oh yeah, definitely look up but it's less common than hearing it.

Last time Trevor Mahlmann was tweeting like mad about this opportunity, and here is his tweet today. Note that the sonic boom takes 1-2 minutes to reach the ground after flyover (depending on how far uptrack you are -> how high the Dragon was):

https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann/status/1580979259698745344

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #508 on:** 10/14/2022 06:27 pm »

https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1580988301540225025

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NASA & SpaceX weather teams report "perfect weather" over the Jacksonville splash site, with "very modest waves."

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #509 on:** 10/14/2022 07:14 pm »

https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1581000023382245376

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MCC-X updates to Crew-4 on the reentry timeline (converted to ET):

3:53pm: Deorbit sequence begin
4:42pm: Rentry comms blackout begins
4:49pm: Comms blackout ends

"Still looking good for weather" at Jacksonville.

Add 4 hours to the above for UTC times