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Here's When NASA Rocket Launch Will Be Visible Across East Coast

Here's When NASA Rocket Launch Will Be Visible Across East Coast

Here's When NASA Rocket Launch Will Be Visible Across East Coast A mission dubbed "Virginia is for Launch Lovers" is coming soon, and the rocket itself, the first of its kind, will be visible across the East Coast. The 59-foot-tall Rocket Lab USA Electron rocket will lift off from Launch Complex 2 at Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island in Virginia on Monday, Jan. 23 at 6 p.m. The mission will deploy radio frequency monitoring satellites for HawkEye 360. The map above shows where the rocket will be visible. With this mission, NASA is helping foster a growing low-Earth space economy and continues Wallops' 35-year history…

by Cecilia Levine

01/22/2023