STS 127 SHUTTLE VISIBLE OVER IRELAND 19 MINUTES AFTER LIFTOF

Barberskum wrote:

I just checked Heavens Above.
The ISS is set to pass over at 11.51 PM.
Isn't that the exact launch time also?

I thought it was 10:51pm?

EDIT: The ISS is for 22:51hrs Irish Time (just checked now)

Seanie.

Sorry My mistake.

ISS - 13 Jul -3.4 22:51:01
ISS - 14 Jul -3.3 00:26:09

What time is the shuttle due to launch our time?

Barberskum wrote:

What time is the shuttle due to launch our time?

23:51hrs Irish Time.

I'm in work, so I'll probably gett o miss the launch, however, I'll be in the carpark when it is due to go overhead. Cloudy in parts here, rained on the way in around 21:35hrs this evening.

Seanie.

watching it live on nasa tv they are due for launch at 22-51 hrs tonight.

Jonathan. There is a 10 minute hold at t -20 and a 45 minute hold at t- 9. So Launch is actually about 55 minutes later than one would think if one just went by the countdown clock. So that would tally with Seanie's Irish Lift off time.

Will we still see it 18 minutes after launch or has the new launch window shortened or lengthened the waiting period?

jonathan wrote:

watching it live on nasa tv they are due for launch at 22-51 hrs tonight.

Has it been pulled forward by an hour?