Rocket Launches Scheduled Feb. 23 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia

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Feb 18, 2015, 03:16 ET

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., Feb. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three Terrier-Oriole suborbital rockets are scheduled for launch between 12:30 and 4:30 a.m., Monday, Feb. 23, for the Department of Defense from NASA's launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

The rockets are scheduled to launch within a one-minute period and may be visible to residents in the mid-Atlantic region. The back-up launch dates are Feb. 24 through 27.

At the request of DoD project managers, no real-time launch status updates will be available. The launches 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 launches.

A diagram showing the area in which the flights may be seen is available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/wallops

SOURCE NASA