Successful ATREX Launch From Wallops

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March 27, 2012

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NASA successfully launched the ATREX five suborbital sounding rockets this morning from its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia as part of a study of the upper level jet stream.

The first rocket was launched at 4:58 a.m. EDT and each subsequent rocket was launched 80 seconds apart.

Each of the rockets released a chemical tracer that created milky, white clouds at the edge of space. The launches and clouds were reported to be seen from as far south as Wilmington, N.C.; west to Charlestown, W. Va.; and north to Buffalo, N.Y.

View the FLICKR gallery of launch images at:

› https://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/sets/72157629162147612/

For more information, visit:

› ATREX mission site

Holly Zell
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

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NASA successfully launched five suborbital sounding rockets early March 27, 2012 from its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia as part of a study of the upper level jet stream. The first rocket was launched at 4:58 a.m. EDT and each subsequent rocket was launched 80 seconds apart.

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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