No Re-Entry Joy For Me

Here’s  the flight path for last night’s SpaceX Crew 11 re-entry to splash down into the ocean off of San Diego.

I went out to watch, but they were a bit too far offshore and I live a bit too far inland, so while they were definitely out there off the coast, they were too low for me to see. Maybe if I had gone out to the edge of the Mesa where it drops off into Cajon Pass to the west…

Others in the LA and Ventura area had much better results. A few selections from social media:

https://www.threads.com/@cgoure/post/DTifPuBkSXH?xmt=AQF0k-nL6oqFR-TlSRlLcRwLt1ekfrqgDO-eAUmVMCm9Yx04GxWeB6zPD7zS1nHO1BZ1Szmu&slof=1

https://www.threads.com/@astro_g_dogg/post/DTjh6rWkQsI?xmt=AQF0iXwO5UyPSl6l5PFpAnCJ3O2kwy7GVuYiFjGzbJSwGULn_e-HNp4dAckLH7FA64K6F4Bg&slof=1

https://www.threads.com/@johnwillsund/post/DThn-UelUw9?xmt=AQF0JY82oRgfLKjGW0Jx8FZ88-c3lhmxMQ1Gh7TaAjUqlIvKDpWLEISNqynWfBRGIIYGGPJs&slof=1

There will be other missions and other similar descending node orbital tracks toward San Diego. Time for me to check out some back roads and find where I can get a good, open view to the west!