Rocket Launch This Friday: Visible From Maine To Carolinas

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Rocket Launch This Friday: Visible From Maine To Carolinas
Anonymous Coward User ID: 19542700 United States 09/04/2013 04:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Rocket Launch This Friday: Visible From Maine To Carolinas Just received this in an e-mail from a friend. *********************** Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 10:48 AM To: AllEmployees Subject: Local Rocket Launch Visible from Carroll County Dear Employee: I wanted to make employees aware that the NASA safety agency announced a rocket launch scheduled for Friday, September 6, 2013, from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Wallops Island is a NASA facility near Ocean City, Maryland. We are told that depending on the weather conditions, this launch is expected to be highly visible from the Carolinas to northern Maine and west to West Virginia and Pittsburgh. No one should be alarmed and you may wish to pass this information on to students as it will be the first time in recent history that a rocket launch can be seen from Carroll County. The Wallops Flight Facility Emergency Operations Center will be activated at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The launch is scheduled for 11:27 p.m. I do not have any other information at this time. *************************

Sledster User ID: 40297908 Germany 09/04/2013 04:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Rocket Launch This Friday: Visible From Maine To Carolinas Thanks for this information. Another sounding rocket? Those are pretty cool! I'm tired of waiting, somebody push the damn button already! Keep your 72 virgins, give me one old biker chick.
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 19542700 United States 09/04/2013 04:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Rocket Launch This Friday: Visible From Maine To Carolinas Thanks for this information. Another sounding rocket? Those are pretty cool! Quoting: Sledster No problem. Not sure what type of rocket or the mission objective is.... I'll poke around and see what I can dig up.
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 19542700 United States 09/04/2013 04:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Rocket Launch This Friday: Visible From Maine To Carolinas Here we go: NASA’s LADEE rocket mission to launch Friday from Va.’s Eastern Shore By Blaine P. and Friedlander Jr,August 31, 2013 This LADEE is a champ: See NASA’s latest rocket mission soar into space from the greater Washington metropolitan area Friday night at 11:27 p.m. The flight will be launched — relatively close by — from Wallops Island on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. If skies are clear, the launch window will be 11:27 p.m. to 11:31 p.m., NASA says. For Washington area residents, look to the south-southeast by that time, since rockets move at blistering speeds. NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment – or LADEE – is a robotic mission that will orbit Earth for three weeks. It then speeds off to the moon for a 100-day trip to measure lunar dust and the moon’s atmosphere. It will be launched aboard a five-stage Minotaur V rocket. Rest of article at link: [link to articles.washingtonpost.com]
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