Discovery, STS-128 (Yep, it's that time again)

mwrf

ok, I'm at the foot of the Dublin mountains, In sandyford. where do I look?
thanks!

crabbypatty

help guys ive stayed up all night to watch this and dont know what direction to see it from?? im in blanchardstown

ill be gutted if i miss it now by looking in the wrong direction!
thanks x

skelliser

look to the west

cloudy here tho f**k it!

RubyLamb

Man I'm getting well sleepy. Looking forward to this though, never seen anything like it before!

KamiKazi

5 minutes!

KamiKazi

crabbypatty wrote: »

help guys ive stayed up all night to watch this and dont know what direction to see it from?? im in blanchardstown

ill be gutted if i miss it now by looking in the wrong direction!
thanks x

look west / south-west

celticsibh

Beautiful.

What time will this pass Dublin? Will it be in the same place in the sky as the last time?

le_girl

4 miles per second :eek:

Bodan

One of the best sights man has ever made.

Live orbital space tracking, you will be able to see when the shuttle is approaching Ireland
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.html

ynotdu

Yayyyyyyyyyyy, Great Spectaclor night time Launch,and the media channel was almost three minutes ahead of the public channel,it used to be just seconds ahead now out with the wooly hat!:)

Gonna go look now

KamiKazi

That was great!

redman

now that was lovely!

Bodan

Absolutely amazing, the 2 lights just tore through the sky.

ninebeanrows

Why was it in 2 pieces?

maquiladora

That was beautiful. Had a perfect view. That thing really moves doesn't it? :pac:

KamiKazi

maquiladora wrote: »

That was beautiful. Had a perfect view. That thing really moves doesn't it? :pac:

Yeah it was moving at a crazy speed

maquiladora

Weathercheck wrote: »

Why was it in 2 pieces?

shuttle & fuel tank

RubyLamb

That was BRILLIANT, frickin CLASS!! Thought I was after missin it, but then spotted it belting it through the sky. Awesome

Bodan

Weathercheck wrote: »

Why was it in 2 pieces?

There was the Shuttle and the external fuel tank, which separated minutes earlier.

Hadto

Was worth it being up for this time of the night.

Iancar29

Woo! Tat was a lot better than the last one I think!
Lasted for a good 20secs or so
past rite underneath Orions belt!

Now...bac to sleeps I go now

"that's 1 small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"

le_girl

By the time I noticed it I could see it for about 3 seconds thanks to clouds!

But about 2 mins after it I saw about 5-6 other little flashing lights (technical term!) passing on the same path as the shuttle. These were hardly all satellites were they? Debris from the shuttle? Some were high, some lower.

Nightwish

Too cloudy here in KK

ynotdu

This really has been my lucky week,must be the best viewing time in a built up area(early morning)saw the iss for only the second time tuesday morning,but it was a real sight to behold compared to the first time i saw it in the sky.

the Shuttle just now was SO bright AND i could clearly see the external tank in all it,s Orange glory.

Whats seldom is wonderful!:)

crabbypatty

thanks kamikaze for directions!! i got to see it after all
it was so beautiful, well worth staying up for!!

Bodan

le_girl wrote: »

But about 2 mins after it I saw about 5-6 other little flashing lights (technical term!) passing on the same path as the shuttle.

There was an plane on the left hand side of the shuttle with 3 bright lights , maybe that was it.

maquiladora

le_girl wrote: »

By the time I noticed it I could see it for about 3 seconds thanks to clouds!

But about 2 mins after it I saw about 5-6 other little flashing lights (technical term!) passing on the same path as the shuttle. These were hardly all satellites were they? Debris from the shuttle? Some were high, some lower.

The thing right behind the shuttle was it's fuel tank that dropped off it. The other lights were just a plane.

I didn't see a single thing.