WALLOPS ISLAND, VA – NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia supported the successful launch this morning of three Terrier-Orion suborbital rockets for the Department of Defense.

The rockets were launched within a 20-second period that began at 4:09 a.m. EST. 

The next launches currently scheduled from Wallops are a NASA suborbital sounding rocket in late April and Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Antares rocket in May. 

More information on NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility can be found on the internet at:

http://www.nasa.gov/wallops