Geoffrey Carter (Buttercup) Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 The manned rocket that Elon Musk is sending to the space station launches tonight at 9.33pm. It should be visible around 15 minutes later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 1 minute ago, Geoffrey Carter (Buttercup) said: It should be visible around 15 minutes later. Is there a website for that Geoffrey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Carter (Buttercup) Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, Andrew said: Is there a website for that Geoffrey? I had been checking Heavens Above which shows no visible sightings. However a newspaper stated that it should be visible over the UK around 15 minutes after takeoff. Here is a link to the SpaceX page . https://www.spacex.com/launches/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Malone - Editor Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 I've got the live stream on while working. Tim Peake tweeted about viewings from the UK earlier on... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 I cannot find any info on falcon 9 flight path trajectory from launch, I think it may be going over Spain ?? rather than UK itself judging by previous launches so we need to be looking South and it will cross west to east? not sure of elevation though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolf Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, marcusb said: I cannot find any info on falcon 9 flight path trajectory from launch, I think it may be going over Spain ?? rather than UK itself judging by previous launches so we need to be looking South and it will cross west to east? not sure of elevation though https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2020/05/27/spacex-rocket-carrying-astronauts-iss-will-visible-uk-tonight-12765622/amp/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 At what elevation? Do we know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Malone - Editor Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 10-11 degrees (from mine near Chester) https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=71000&lat=53.2771&lng=-3.0478&loc=Unnamed&alt=0&tz=GMT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, Blatman said: At what elevation? Do we know? Tim Peaks twitter say it will follow same path as ISS , which passes tonight (22:57) at 25 degrees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Malone - Editor Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, marcusb said: Tim Peaks twitter say it will follow same path as ISS , which passes tonight (22:57) at 25 degrees That's the second pass around 11pm, the one he's talking about is the 9:20pm pass which is actually nice and high (62 degrees for me) but the DM-2 path seems lower according to the same source (link above). Maybe he meant general trajectory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Why at night ? thought they would launch in the daylight then they could see where they was going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, Andy M said: That's the second pass around 11pm, the one he's talking about is the 9:20pm pass which is actually nice and high (62 degrees for me) but the DM-2 path seems lower according to the same source (link above) yes I suppose your location in UK will affect elevation as its going over Somerset/Dorset!.. so at 21:53 get ready look south and/or up a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan France Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 23 minutes ago, pistonbroke said: Why at night ? thought they would launch in the daylight then they could see where they was going They don’t have Westfield headlights then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Malone - Editor Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Launch aborted (weather) Think Saturday is the next launch window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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