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Just saw dragon, almost a glimmer of a star 5 minutes behind
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Must have been super low/much lower than ISS, didn't see anything here unfortunately.
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Clear skies, a very bright ISS pass, but no dragon 
Thanks!
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That was cool, nice clear sky in London and a super bright moon, noticed the rocket as I was looking at the moon.
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Same, saw something below the moon that was traveling super fast towards the East.
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It will de-orbit over a patch in the Pacific that is a grave yard for satellites and second stages.
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Saw the ISS but couldn't pick out the Dragon.
Saw both! Managed to view them from a car park so had a nice wide view.
The Dragon appeared to come from the opposite side to the direction of the ISS then it ‘turned’ but I guess that’s just a matter of perspective?
‘Twas ****ing cool
it was moving so fast!
The Dragon appeared to come from the opposite side to the direction of the ISS then it ‘turned’ but I guess that’s just a matter of perspective?
‘Twas ****ing cool
it was moving so fast!
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Wonder what I saw then, perhaps It was the ISS that was travelling low under the moon from west to east.
seeing the ISS was great 
south England you would have seen it around 22:10+ coming from mostly west slightly south, going to mostly south slightly east. https://www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=25544#TOP
only took me 30 odd years to realise things in Earth orbit are orbiting in straight lines around Earth, of course the Earth is rotating so their orbits from our POV are always changing and appear curved.
south England you would have seen it around 22:10+ coming from mostly west slightly south, going to mostly south slightly east. https://www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=25544#TOP
only took me 30 odd years to realise things in Earth orbit are orbiting in straight lines around Earth, of course the Earth is rotating so their orbits from our POV are always changing and appear curved.
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Yup - saw that too, appeared a couple of times heading from South to North West (appeared, then vanished, appeared again, for about a second each time).
Saw a shooting star as well at about 2223 heading from South East to North West.
No luck with the Dragon though.
ISS very clear view - probably one of the best views of it I've witnessed TBH.
Sounds like it.
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I thought that was the Dragon, lol. How often can the ISS be seen?
https://iss-sim.spacex.com/
Got there on the third attempt. First time I completely lost control, second my rotation was too high and the third was spot on.
Got there on the third attempt. First time I completely lost control, second my rotation was too high and the third was spot on.
Space Station is rubbish. If it was a Coriolis model, I would have been in on the first attempt.
