The launch can also be viewed online through Rocket Lab’s livestream of the event, which will begin about 40 minutes before the opening of the launch window. The California-based Rocket Lab will launch its first mission from U.S. The High Operational Tempo for Hypersonics flight campaign was executed by Sandia National Laboratories. 20, 2021, for the Navy Strategic Systems Programs and the Army Hypersonic Program Office. Live views from the International Space Station are streaming from an external camera mounted on the stations Harmony module. The launch may be visible, weather permitting, to residents throughout much of the East Coast of the United States. NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility supported the launch of three suborbital sounding rocket the evening of Oct. for those looking for additional launch viewing information. The NASA Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center and grounds will not be open for launch viewing but will be open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. With this mission, NASA helps foster a growing low-Earth space economy and continues Wallops’ 35-year history of support to the commercial launch industry.įor those interested in viewing the launch in person, viewing locations on Chincoteague Island include Robert Reed Park, Curtis Merritt Harbor, and the Beach Road causeway between Chincoteague and Assateague islands. The mission is a dedicated launch for satellite manufacturer and Earth observation company Capella Space. The launch window for the 58-foot-tall Terrier-Black Brant IX suborbital sounding rocket is from 6:45 to10:15 a.m. Live coverage of the test is scheduled to begin at 6:15 a.m.

The mission, named “Stronger Together,” will be the second Rocket Lab launch from Wallops, with the first occurring in January 2023. The Space Coast saw a record number of launches from the two facilities with 57 in 2022. NASA will test a parachute for possible future missions to Mars from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Tuesday, March 27.

The 59-foot-tall Electron rocket will lift off from Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island. The two-hour launch window is set to open at 6 p.m. NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia will support a launch of Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket March 11.

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