Rocket Launches Scheduled from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia

WALLOPS ISLAND, VA – Two Terrier-Lynx suborbital rockets are scheduled for launch between August 12 and September 24 for the Department of Defense from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

The rockets will be launched on separate days. The second rocket is expected to be launched about two weeks after the first rocket. The launch windows are (all times are EDT):

            11:30 p.m. – 1:30 a.m.         August 12/13

            10:30 p.m. – 12:30 a.m.       August 16/17

            9:00 – 11:00 p.m.                  August 23

            7:30 – 9:30 p.m.                    August 27

            5:30 – 7:30 a.m.                    September 20

            4:00 – 6:00 a.m.                    September 24

The rockets may be visible to residents in the mid-Atlantic region.

Launch updates and a map showing the area in which the rocket launches may be visible are available at: http://www.nasa.gov/wallops

At the request of DoD project managers, 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 on social media once the countdown begins.  The NASA Visitor Center at Wallops will not be open for viewing the launches.

Smartphone users can download the “What’s Up at Wallops” app, which contains information on the launches as well as a compass showing the precise direction for launch viewing. The app is available for download at: http://go.nasa.gov/17veCYT.