Rocket Launch Scheduled December 14 From Wallops Flight Facility In Virginia

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Dec 11, 2012, 10:32 ET

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Terrier-Lynx suborbital rocket is scheduled between 9 and 9:30 p.m. EST December 14 for the Department of Defense from NASA's launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

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The backup launch day is December 18 between 8 and 8:30 p.m. The rocket may be visible to residents in the mid-Atlantic region.

Launch updates and a map showing the area in which the rocket launch may be visible are available at:

http://www.nasa.gov/wallops

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

SOURCE NASA