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NASA Rocket Launch Will Be Visible Across East Coast On Jan. 23 NASA Rocket Launch Will Be Visible Across East Coast On Jan. 23
NASA Rocket Launch Will Be Visible Across East Coast On Jan. 23 A mission dubbed "Virginia is for Launch Lovers" is set for Monday, Jan. 23 at 6 p.m. 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 Wa…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Rocket Launching From NASA Flight Facility Will Be Visible Across East Coast Rocket Launching From NASA Flight Facility Will Be Visible Across East Coast
Rocket Launching From NASA Flight Facility Will Be Visible Across East Coast A NASA rocket launching from Virginia on Friday, Dec. 9 will be briefly visible across the East Coast (see map above or click here for times). Rocket Lab USA’s first Electron rocket is set to launch at 6 p.m. The mission, named “Virginia is for Launch Lovers,” will deploy radio frequency monitoring satellites for HawkEye 360. The 59-foot-tall Electron rocket will lift off from Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island. With this mission, NASA is helping foster a growing low-Earth space economy and continues Wallops' 35-year history of support to…

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by Cecilia Levine