Rocket launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility

A NASA Black Brant IX suborbital rocket was successfully launched at 5:00:30 a.m. today.  The mission was a test of a new sub-payload deployment method for suborbital rockets. The mission included the release of vapor tracers in space. Data on the performance of the deployment test is being reviewed by the NASA Sounding Rocket Program Office.

The launch and the resultant vapor clouds were seen from as far away as western Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, West Virginia and Myrtle Beach.

The next launch currently scheduled from the Wallops Flight Facility is a Terrier-Lynx suborbital rocket for the Department of Defense between 5:30 and 7:30 a.m., September 20.