User Clip: Crew to Demonstrate Satellite Phone with Antenna Integrated into Dragon Capsule: Globalstar or Iridium Phone?!
by KarlGolovin
August 2, 2020 2020-08-02T14:24:49-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/64c/20200802142510001_hd.jpgOne of the things we might see them do, depending on sea states? and everything after they touch down, and the crew themselves, they’ll still have a couple of demonstration tasks potentially to carry out. They have a satellite phone inside of the capsule that has its own satellite antenna integrated into Dragon, and they are able to use that independent of Dragon’s communication system so, one thing we might hear them do is do a test call on that to the teams here in Hawthorne. We wouldn’t be able to hear the call, but we would hear the go to do it over the Dragon-to-ground audio that we’ve been listening to this entire time, so. . .” (4:23:31 - 4:24:14 of video)
One of the things we might see them do, depending on sea states? and everything after they touch down, and the crew themselves, they’ll… read more
One of the things we might see them do, depending on sea states? and everything after they touch down, and the crew themselves, they’ll still have a couple of demonstration tasks potentially to carry out. They have a satellite phone inside of the capsule that has its own satellite antenna integrated into Dragon, and they are able to use that independent of Dragon’s communication system so, one thing we might hear them do is do a test call on that to the teams here in Hawthorne. We wouldn’t be able to hear the call, but we would hear the go to do it over the Dragon-to-ground audio that we’ve been listening to this entire time, so. . .” (4:23:31 - 4:24:14 of video) close