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The NASA Wallops Visitor Center is located on Rt. 175. For more info, call 757-824-1344

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Minotaur Rocket Launch Re-Scheduled

Minotaur rocket on the launchpad at Wallops Island, Va.

Wallops officials rescheduled the launch of an United States Air Force Minotaur 1 rocket carrying the ORS-1 satellite to June 29 due to weather.

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NASA Launching Department of Defense Rocket And ...

Minotaur I launch from Wallops

An U.S. Air Force Minotaur 1 rocket carrying the Department of Defense’s Operationally Responsive Space office’s ORS-1 satellite is scheduled for launch June 28 from NASA’s Launch Range at the ...

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Wallops P-3B Supporting Air Pollution Study

NASA P-3B aircraft

NASA is diagnosing the air we breathe this summer. The Wallops low-altitude P-3B aircraft will be viewable along the I-95/Balt.-Wash. Pkwy during the mission.

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    ORS-1 Launch Information

    Minotaur I rocket launch from Wallops Island.

    For more information about the ORS-1 Minotaur I Launch from Wallops Island, click the below link.

    › ORS-1 Launch Info
    › ORS-1 Mariner Avoidance Area
    Upcoming Launches

    The next launch from Wallops is a U.S. Air Force Minotaur I rocket carrying the ORS-1 satellite. This is scheduled to launch on June 28. The back up launch days run through July 11. The rocket is set to launch between 8:28 and 11:28 p.m. EDT. The launch may be visible, depending on cloud cover and one’s viewing location, in the eastern United States from southern New York to North Carolina. It may be seen as far west from the Atlantic Coast as West Virginia and western Pennsylvania. Please click on the link above for more information.

    › Launch Schedule (as of 6-16-11)

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