[amsat-bb] Re: SpaceX / Falcon 9 Dragon sighting

2012-05-22 Thread Tom Williams
Solar array covers? http://nasatech.net/ntF9DRAGON-COTS2-3_PAGE.html Tom KJ4EAW On May 22, 2012, at 2:55 AM, Armando Mercado am25...@triton.net wrote: Hello, Falcon 9/Dragon was sighted from West Michigan. It (they) were about 15 mins behind the ISS. There were 4 objects total, 1 object

[amsat-bb] Re: SpaceX / Falcon 9 Dragon sighting

2012-05-22 Thread Armando Mercado
Hi, Could very well be solar panel covers. At first I thought they were payload fairings, but they were jettisoned long before orbit was achieved. There is also a cover for the navigation suite/ berthing mechanism that gets jettisoned. Looks like SpaceTrak has the Dragon launch catologed as