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Mid Atlantic Rocket “GO” For Launch Thursday

by Weatherboy Team Meteorologist - March 15, 2023

The areas colored could see the Rocket Lab rocket launch into space during Thursday's launch attempt.  Image: NASA Wallops
The areas colored could see the Rocket Lab rocket launch into space during Thursday’s launch attempt. Image: NASA Wallops



Rocket Lab is now scheduled to launch another one of their Electron Rockets from the NASA Wallops Spaceport facility in coastal Virginia on Thursday evening. While weather interfered with previous launch attempts, conditions should be better for this next try.

Launch is set for no earlier than 6pm local time on Thursday.

An Electron rocket built by Rocket Lab is sitting on the launchpad at NASA Wallops waiting for a launch  in this file photo. Image: Rocket Lab
An Electron rocket built by Rocket Lab is sitting on the launchpad at NASA Wallops waiting for a launch  in this file photo. Image: Rocket Lab

In January, Rocket Lab successfully launched their Electron rocket from the Mid Atlantic, marking their first successful launch attempt not only in the Mid Atlantic, but in the northern hemisphere as well.

When the weather cooperates, the 59-foot-tall Electron rocket will lift off from Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island. The mission, named “Stronger Together,” is a dedicated launch for satellite manufacturer and Earth observation company Capella Space.

With this mission, NASA helps foster a growing low-Earth space economy and continues Wallops’ 35-year history of support to the commercial launch industry.

 

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