{"id":925,"date":"2013-03-02T18:20:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-02T18:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=925"},"modified":"2013-03-02T18:20:36","modified_gmt":"2013-03-02T18:20:36","slug":"observing-the-spacex-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=925","title":{"rendered":"Observing the SpaceX Dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"

The SpaceX Dragon launched yesterday<\/a> will be visible in the southern hemisphere tonight as it moves towards the ISS: SpaceX’s Dragon Space Capsule Visible in Southern Night Sky – Space.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Find more about tracking spacecraft in the HobbySpace Satellite Observing section<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The SpaceX Dragon launched yesterday will be visible in the southern hemisphere tonight as it moves towards the ISS: SpaceX’s Dragon Space Capsule Visible in Southern Night Sky – Space.com. Find more about tracking spacecraft in the HobbySpace Satellite Observing section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-satellite-watching"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-eV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7429,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7429","url_meta":{"origin":925,"position":0},"title":"SpaceX Dragon and Falcon 9 stage seen with telescope as they passed over Europe","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"On Friday\u00a0at Cape Canaveral, SpaceX launched a\u00a0Dragon spacecraft on a cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. \u00a0With a modest amateur telescope, astrophotographer Thierry Legault in Paris imaged\u00a0the shape\u00a0of the\u00a0Dragon, including its two solar panels, as it passed over Paris: http:\/\/youtu.be\/pdS8isz_Ujw (Check out\u00a0Legault's other amazing images of spacecraft in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Astronomy"","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/pdS8isz_Ujw\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8060,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8060","url_meta":{"origin":925,"position":1},"title":"Video: Observing a Dragon flying over Paris","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I recently pointed to the imaging by\u00a0Ralf Vandebergh\u00a0of a\u00a0SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage as it passed over Belgium. 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