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Spacex first human launch 27th May

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    #422
    Limpy
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    Your Man driving saluted me but I don't think i knew him. Could of swore i seen his face before.


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    #423
    ScrubsfanChris
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    Looks like only a few people actually saw it, not counting the people who confused it with the ISS (Of which there seems to be many here and twitter)

    At 10° above the horizon I think my view was obstructed by low cloud, was hard to tell with the light that was left.


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    #424
    PTH2009
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    Cody montana wrote: »
    Passed just below it. And south.

    Zoom in to my picture

    Is that little dot it ?


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    #425
    decies
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    Saw nothing near Clonmel 😬


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    #426
    ScrubsfanChris
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    PTH2009 wrote: »
    Zoom in to my picture

    Is that little dot it ?
    What time was the photo taken?


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    #427
    embraer170
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    ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »
    In Durham UK,

    Got a great bright view of the ISS, then a few minutes later a fainter slower moving shuttle. Nothing wrong with my eyesight (Covid reference).

    How many minutes after was it?


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    #428
    PTH2009
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    ScrubsfanChris wrote: »
    What time was the photo taken?

    22.32


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    #429
    namloc1980
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    PTH2009 wrote: »
    22.32

    Not it. It passed at between 22.14-22.16.


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    #430
    ACitizenErased
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    Saw nothing in Cork. We have trees so probably too low for our view.


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    #431
    ctrl-alt-delete
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    embraer170 wrote: »
    How many minutes after was it?

    It was about 2 or 3 maximum.


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    #432
    0gac3yjefb5sv7
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    Did it pass around 10.12-14? Or was that ISS?


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    #433
    ScrubsfanChris
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    PTH2009 wrote: »
    22.32
    Didn't see it myself, but going by the trackers it would have been long gone from Irish skies by then.


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    #434
    Cork Boy 53
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    catrat12 wrote: »
    Seen it at exactly 10.12 Dublin mountains delighted and the daughter spotted it delighted I had her out
    Thought I could hear something as well

    Whatever you heard it wasn`t anything to do with the Spacex.


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    #435
    PTH2009
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    namloc1980 wrote: »
    Not it. It passed at between 22.14-22.16.

    Balls


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    #436
    BorneTobyWilde
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    moll3 wrote: »
    all i got was eaten by the midgets :mad:


    Midgets, or midges. If you spotted leprechauns then that's more exciting than a dot in the sky. Lucky you.


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    #437
    ACitizenErased
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    I heard a noise too around the time people said they spotted it.


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    #438
    Duzzie
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    I saw it in Wicklow. 10.13 to 10.15 ish. About 1/3 way between the moon and the horizon. Very impressive, the only light in the sky


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    #439
    namloc1980
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    catrat12 wrote: »
    Seen it at exactly 10.12 Dublin mountains delighted and the daughter spotted it delighted I had her out
    Thought I could hear something as well

    That was possibly the ISS at that time and whatever you heard definitely wasn't an orbital spacecraft.


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    #440
    LushiousLips
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    I get emails letting me know when the ISS is passing over Cork. It passed last week, usually won't pass again for another few weeks.

    Was the ISS supposed to pass over Ireland again tonight, I received no notification that it was. And as I said as it passed a week ago, there is always a gap of a few weeks before it'll pass again.


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    #441
    ScrubsfanChris
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    As a rule of thumb, if you saw something before 22:14, it wasn't the Crew Dragon 2 unfortunately.


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    #442
    Cork Boy 53
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    LushiousLips wrote: »
    I get emails letting me know when the ISS is passing over Cork. It passed last week, usually won't pass again for another few weeks.

    Was the ISS supposed to pass over Ireland again tonight, I received no notification that it was. And as I said as it passed a week ago, there is always a gap of a few weeks before it'll pass again.

    I live in Cork too (surprise surprise) and saw it pass over last Wed night


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    #443
    LushiousLips
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    Cork Boy 53 wrote: »
    I live in Cork too (surprise surprise) and saw it pass over last Wed night

    Yeah I saw it too on Wednesday night. That was the last night it passed over. No new notifications since then.


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    #444
    ACitizenErased
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    LushiousLips wrote: »
    Yeah I saw it too on Wednesday night. That was the last night it passed over. No new notifications since then.
    Do you have a link to sign up for this?


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    #445
    racer1bk
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    40% that not bad, He should be abled. Policies ha!


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    #446
    BorneTobyWilde
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    https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/


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    #447
    deise08
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    Definitely saw the ISS. No draco though. Think im starting to need glasses. Remember being able to see it before, much smaller than the ISS.

    Was it following directly in its wake, or the same path but at a different height?

    On a plus i did get to see my resident bat having a field day with all the insects.


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    #448
    LushiousLips
    Registered Users Posts: 426 ✭✭LushiousLips


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    Do you have a link to sign up for this?

    Google NASA spot the station, you put in your location and email address and you will be notified of all passing in your location including time, how long visable for and exact coordinates of the pass.
    Half of them pass over in the middle of the night so I don't get to see them all. I never tire of seeing it though.


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    #449
    upupup
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    LushiousLips wrote: »
    I get emails letting me know when the ISS is passing over Cork. It passed last week, usually won't pass again for another few weeks.

    Was the ISS supposed to pass over Ireland again tonight, I received no notification that it was. And as I said as it passed a week ago, there is always a gap of a few weeks before it'll pass again.

    Its been passing over ireland all week and all next week too but in daylight/dusk hours.the notification will only alert you when it is dark and visible.it wont notify you if its passing when still bright


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    #450
    theoneeyedman
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    namloc1980 wrote: »
    So what. The private sector were critical to the success of it. NASA have been farting around with the Ares/Space Launch System for the best part of a decade and still at least a year and a half from an unmanned launch. Spacex have achieved substantially more including launching Humans today in the same time. Private sector is the future and all the better for it. And they can do it much much cheaper.

    And they're still arguably catching up with soyus rockets designed 40 years ago!
    I turned off CNN earlier when they were laughing, 'more comfortable then the old Soyus', lovely blue lights and screens, great to see Americans launch from Merica, yada yada.


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    #451
    LushiousLips
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    upupup wrote: »
    Its been passing over ireland all week and all next week too but in daylight/dusk hours.the notification will only alert you when it is dark and visible.it wont notify you if its passing when still bright

    I got notifications of it passing last week at 10.04pm, 10.10pm etc.
    No notifications since Wednesday, that's why I'm not convinced it passed tonight


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