Hi all, C. Bassa wrote : "Based on the sequence of events, starting with space craft separation, then the solar array deploy/cover jettison, the identification of these objects is pretty straight forward. From the launch broadcast it was clear that the space craft separation was in the direction of motion, after which the Dragon pitched up (trunk towards nadir), and the solar deploy/cover jettison occured perpendicular to the direction of motion. The two faint objects are clearly the solar array covers, and since they originate from the Dragon, the fainter leading of the two closest objects is the Dragon. The brighter object is the upper stage." Thank you, Cees, for this enlighting comment. On 14 april 2015, I took 30 photos of the Dragon objects, see a few of them that illustrate the identification already done by Cees : https://www.flickr.com/photos/29415930_at_N04/17155838215/in/photostream/ IMG_2151 - beginning at 20h31m43s UTC https://www.flickr.com/photos/29415930_at_N04/16533417364/in/photostream/ IMG_2155 to 2158 - beginning at 20h31m48s UTC https://www.flickr.com/photos/29415930_at_N04/16969666129/in/photostream/ IMG_2165 to 2169 - beginning at 20h32m12s UTC https://www.flickr.com/photos/29415930_at_N04/17155821845/in/photostream/ IMG_2180 - beginning at 20h32m42s UTC Note the presence of oblique trails that are vanishing (images 2155 to 2158). This phenomenon is also present on other photos of the series. Regards Alain Figer near Paris, France PS. Due to a software bug, I must post a new message when replying to a preceding one. Sorry for the inconvenience. _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Wed Apr 15 2015 - 07:46:24 UTC
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