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On 1 September 1876 the first Belgian weather forecast was edited, based on the analysis of a synoptic map. In April 1903, the first weather balloon was launched, in order to obtain meteorological observations at a higher altitude. On 31 July 1913 the meteorological service of the Observatory becomes an autonomous institute under the name of ...
The Belgian UFO wave peaked with the events of the night of March 30th, 1990. On that night, one unknown object was tracked on radar, and two Belgian Air Force F-16s were sent to investigate, with neither pilot reporting seeing the object. No reports were received from the public on the date.
He called on François van Rysselberghe to attach him to the weather forecast service the same year. On 26 September 1876, the Observatory published the first Meteorological Bulletin in its history. [2] Immediately after he became director, Houzeau started planning a move to Uccle. He managed to obtain better funding, enlarged the scientific ...
A number of F1 drivers have raised concerns about safety of this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix, after inclement weather was forecasted.
The Meteorological Wing is organised into three groups: the management; the Exploitation Group Meteo, an operational group consisting of a military weather forecasting centre, meteorological antennae spread across the Belgian territory, a school squadron and a meteo applications squadron.
Skeyes, formerly called Belgocontrol [3] or in its complete form the Authority of airways (French: Régie des voies aériennes, Dutch: Regie der Luchtwegen), [4] is the Belgian air navigation and traffic service provider for the civil airspace for which the Belgian State is responsible. It was created in 1998.
In the domain of Space Weather BIRA-IASB focuses on ionising space radiation and its effects. These services are exploited in the context of the Belgian Solar-Terrestrial Centre of Excellence. Tools, methods and procedures are set up to deliver these services to the user community (European Space Weather portal).
Belnet (the Belgian National research and education network) is a Belgian internet provider for educational institutions, research centres, scientific institutes and government services. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Since 1993, BELNET provides web services to higher education, federal departments and ministries and international organisations.