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Rocket Launches Scheduled October 20 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility

A sounding rocket seconds in mid-launch off the launch pad with a bright white plume underneath. In the background is the Atlantic Ocean with a pale grey sky with no clouds.
NASA successfully launched a MK12 Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital sounding rocket carrying student experiments with the RockOn/RockSat-C programs at 6:06 a.m., June 24, 2016. More than 200 middle school, high school, community college and university students and instructors participating in Rocket Week at Wallops were on hand to witness the launch. Through RockOn and RockSat-C students are learning and applying skills required to develop experiments for suborbital rocket flight. In addition, high school educators through the Wallops Rocket Academy for Teachers (WRATS) are learning about applying rocketry basics in their curriculum. The payload flew to an altitude of 74 miles and descended by parachute into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Wallops. Payload recovery is in progress.

Three suborbital rockets are scheduled for launch Oct. 20, 2021, for the Department of Defense from NASA’s launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

The rockets will be launched between 5 and 11 p.m. EDT. The backup launch dates are October 21 and 22.

No real-time launch status updates will be available. The launches will not be shown live on the Internet nor will launch status updates be provided during the countdown on social media. 

The rocket launches are expected to be visible from the Chesapeake Bay region. The NASA Visitor Center at Wallops will not be open for viewing the launch.

Keith Koehler
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility

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Jul 26, 2023
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