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Sounding Rocket Launch From Virginia Deploying Artificial Night Clouds Delayed to June 1

By SpaceRef Editor
May 30, 2017
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The launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility  of a Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket testing a new deployment system to support space studies originally scheduled for May 31 has been delayed until June 1. 

The launch window remains 4:27 – 4:42 a.m. EDT. The launch has been delayed because of weather. 

Clear skies are required for the launch. 

Blue-green and red artificial clouds that will be produced as part the test may be seen from New York to North Carolina. 

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/wallops/2017/nasa-sounding-rocket-will-release-early-morning-artificial-clouds0lighting-up-the-mid-atlantic-coast-may-31

SpaceRef staff editor.