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Old 12-22-2015, 12:30 PM   #215
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Originally Posted by DaFace View Post
This graphic gives you the basic gist at least:



As for the speeds, some geek on the SpaceX subreddit crunched all sorts of numbers from the launch...

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=2057127134

According to the video, boostback started at 3:50 (230 seconds), so that would put it around 22km (14 miles) out and at about 1600m/s (3600 mph).
That's pretty ****ing amazing, really, thanks. And now I understand the logic behind the sea-based landings, which I hadn't before.
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