Rocket Launch Completed from Wallops Flight Facility

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Sep 11, 2012, 09:27 ET

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., Sept. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A launch of Terrier-Lynx suborbital rocket was completed this evening for the Department of Defense from NASA's launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

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A second Terrier-Lynx is scheduled for launch between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m., September 15. The rocket may be visible to residents in the mid-Atlantic region.

A map showing the area in which the rocket launch may be visible is available at:

http://www.nasa.gov/wallops

This launch will not be shown live on the Internet nor will launch status updates be provided once the countdown begins. The NASA Visitor Center will not be open for viewing the launch.

SOURCE NASA