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NASA Preparing For A December 14th Rocket Launch

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By Leanne Murray - email

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. - A local NASA facility is getting ready to launch a rocket.

The Department of Defense is scheduled to launch a Terrier-Lynx suborbital rocket, from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, on Friday, December 14 between 9 and 9:30 PM. They say that the launch could be visible to residents in the mid-Atlantic region.

The backup launch day is December 18 between 8 and 8:30 PM. The NASA Visitor Center at Wallops will not be open for viewing the launch, nor will it be live streamed.

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