STS 127 SHUTTLE VISIBLE OVER IRELAND 19 MINUTES AFTER LIFTOF

Woohoo!! Its lookin' good for tonight lads!! Sat images show lots of big clear patches in the Atlantic at the moment and Metcheck forecasts 59% cloud at 10pm and 6-7% at 1am.

Please tell me the Launch is still a 'GO' for tonight and more importantly, please tell me that this 24hour later launch window still means it'll be visible over Ireland. What time (Irish Time) should I be heading outside to catch this?

No news is good news.And thats what we have been hearing during the night..Liftoff is set for 13 minutes past midnight Irish time,with the orbiter and tank blazing across our skies 18 minutes later,if anything we should see it longer and brighter then if they hed launched last night.The crew are set to be woken around now,dont forget to tune into nasa tv for round the clock coverage

All going well and launch is on time.
We should have a nice view of all this..

I just checked Heavens Above & it gives

00.01 - ISS pass, max alt 70°

The ISS will then be followed by progress.

If launch is at 00.12 we should then expect to see Endavour & External tank passing over at aprox 00.30

Obviously again these times are rough and it's just going to be a case of keeping an eye on Nasa TV.

Thanks for the updates frank i am an avid follower of space flight the 3 iss passes tonight followed by the progress and hopefully the sts 127 should make for an interesting evening/ early morning observingB)

Go for Tanking ! and they are now saying the weather has improved better then they had hoped,forecasting a 70% chance of good weather.The crew are awake,and coverage begins on Nasa tv at 7pm tonight our time

Hi all,

What sort of direction will it be visible? Similar to ISS - Appears in West/South West and travels towards South???? What sort of mag??

Neill