ISS Passing over Ireland tonight - what time?

Geminian

the ISS can be seen again at 12.55 tonight, it was just in the sky there at 11.19, was faint

Rhys Essien

Space Station passing over at 23:52 till 23:59,coming from west directly going east.It will be very bright (-3.1 mag) and nice clear skies tonight for it in the south.

namloc1980

She'll fly just south of Cork in a few minutes:

Fowler87

Another fantastic clear sky in Mayo for the ISS pass. Really was brighter than usual. Thanks for the heads up:)

V480

Damn! Can't believe I missed it here in Cork! Will I get another chance tonight??

namloc1980

V480 wrote: »

Damn! Can't believe I missed it here in Cork! Will I get another chance tonight??

Yup in about a half hour:

Chemistry Ftw

namloc1980 wrote: »

Yup in about a half hour:

Hey there, what time is it expected to be seen again tonight?

namloc1980

Chemistry Ftw wrote: »

Hey there, what time is it expected to be seen again tonight?

At 1.30 look southwest.

Chemistry Ftw

Nice view tonight in the clear skies

Tomk1

Why didn't I log in Yesterday.

Oscar Bravo

Will we able to see it tonight again?

Irish Fire

00:29am approach from West @ 10deg

Oscar Bravo

Thanks for that! Nice clear skies in Castlebar.

Irish Fire

Should see it for about 6 minutes

2 stroke

went out at 10.53pm. Too cloudy.

Irish Fire

It's there now

Oscar Bravo

Thanks again Irish Fire.Just back indoors from viewing it.Nice and bright!!

Irish Fire

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Thanks again Irish Fire.Just back indoors from viewing it.Nice and bright!!

No bother, I'll put up tomorrow's time across the day

clln

Just a reminder that ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle that delivered Cargo to the ISS last February is due to undock at 15.49 today.
NASA TV plan to cover it starting at 15.30.
i also when i can watch these events like to open a second tab to watch the channel Live Space Station views that can be found on NASA TV's own webpage as a seperate Channel,it often shows events long before they start on the main Channel and continues long after
the NASA channel only use's Windows Media player,if that does not work for you Spacevidcast Broadcast it in Flash.
http://www.spacevidcast.com/isslive/

NASA TV page:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

as well as delivering supplys ATV will carry home waste from the Station and will burn up on re-entry leaving no Space junk.

ATV has given the ISS an almost 30KM's boost to its orbit,the largest ever AFAIK,the reason for this is the ISS will have to reboost its orbit far less often thus saving precious fuel.

My question is would a 30KM higher orbit make much of a diffrience to how long we see it before Earth gets in the way of Sunlight reflecting from it?(i have read the other variables,time of year etc on the previous posts,just curious about the higher orbits effect,if any)

Beeker

clln wrote: »

My question is would a 30KM higher orbit make much of a diffrience to how long we see it before Earth gets in the way of Sunlight reflecting from it?(i have read the other variables,time of year etc on the previous posts,just curious about the higher orbits effect,if any)

The answer is yes. The higher an object the longer its orbit and as a result the further it has to travel before it enters the shadow. What difference 30km would make I have no idea however i think we need a mathematician of Buzz Aldrin to work out the orbital mechanics for us:)

Irish Fire

20/06/11
@ 23:29 Hrs for 6 Min
Approach: 10 deg above West
Departure: 12 deg above ESE

21/06/11
@ 01:06 Hrs for 3 Min
Approach: 11 deg above West
Departure: 28 deg above ESE

Devane

Just saw it (Galway) you could even see it when it went through the clouds at times.

A 6 minute one on Wed Jun 22/11:06 PM


http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=Ireland&region=None&city=Galway

Irish Fire

23/06/11
@ 11:43 Hrs for 5 Min
Approach: 10 deg above West
Departure: 16 deg above SE

21/06/11
@ 0:43 Hrs for 3 Min
Approach: 11 deg above West
Departure: 21 deg above SSW

mickger844posts

One of the brightest passes I've ever seen just passed over. Excellent stuff

lizelgal

Just saw the ISS passing from west to east.... but before that (approx 2 mins) did anyone else see a fainter looking object moving from east to west?

mickger844posts

lizelgal wrote: »

Just saw the ISS passing from west to east.... but before that (approx 2 mins) did anyone else see a fainter looking object moving from east to west?

More than likely was a Satellite, lots of them up there and if you stargaze for a while on a clear night you will see them.

Mc Love

Damn I either missed it or was too late! Is it passing again?

Irish Fire

24/06/11
@ 10:43 Hrs for 6 Min
Approach: 10 deg above West
Departure: 10 deg above ESE

25/06/11
@ 00:19 Hrs for 3 Min
Approach: 10 deg above WSW
Departure: 15 deg above SSW

dnme

Irish Fire wrote: »

24/06/11
@ 10:43 Hrs for 6 Min
Approach: 10 deg above West
Departure: 10 deg above ESE

25/06/11
@ 00:19 Hrs for 3 Min
Approach: 10 deg above WSW
Departure: 15 deg above SSW

Yeah we're gonna see that alright :cool:

Irish Fire

dnme wrote: »

Irish Fire wrote: »

24/06/11
@ 10:43 Hrs for 6 Min
Approach: 10 deg above West
Departure: 10 deg above ESE

25/06/11
@ 00:19 Hrs for 3 Min
Approach: 10 deg above WSW
Departure: 15 deg above SSW

Yeah we're gonna see that alright :cool:

Yep :-))