Thought I heard something in the news that the shuttle Discovery will be seen over Belgium at around 22 hours local time, heading East.
Any confirmation on this?
Space Shuttle over Belgium
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Space Shuttle over Belgium
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On several Astronomical website this news was released a couple of hours after the new launch date/time of STS-114.luchtzak wrote:Well, then first we should watch CNN or BBC World for the take-off then go outside and look for the Discovery
Didn't receive any news though that it would fly over Belgium
But unfortunately, the launch has been cancelled due to a technical problem. One of the sensor that issues a warning of a possible fuel leak failed. A new launch date will be released later this evening by NASA.
The scenario was that, at about 21h51 Brussels LT, STS-114 should lift-off at Cape Canaveral in Florida, and about 20 minutes later he would be passing Europe at an altitude of roughly 200 km (+- 600.000ft) from the west to the east. It could be visible in the Belgian sky as a "star-like" light traveling at a speed of an airliner without contrails nor beaconlights. But this will not be happening tonight due to the technical.
Best Regards
Raymond
