

In southern New Jersey, for example, the prime time to look up will be 60 to 90 seconds after the liftoff. The best time to see the rocket differs by location. The map above shows how many seconds after liftoff the Grumman rocket will be visible from different areas of the northeastern.


New Jersey 101.5 Chief Meteorologist Dan Zarrow says Tuesday should be the “clearest day of the week, and viewing conditions should be pretty good.” The Wallops Range forecast issued for Tuesday’s launch puts weather at 80 percent favorable, with cumulus clouds being the main weather concern.
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This launch occurs during daylight hours, so it will not be as visible as a launch at night. MULTIMEDIA Images, videos, NASA TV & more. The beach at the Assateague Island National Seashore/Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge will NOT be open during the launch. Enjoy your time in the land of rockets and wild ponies Please Note: Some viewing locations may be off limits for some launches as determined by NASA for safety reasons. Viewing locations on Chincoteague Island include Robert Reed Park on Main Street or Beach Road spanning the area between Chincoteague and Assateague Islands. We have compiled a list of what we have found to be the BEST ROCKET VIEWING SITES on Wallops, Chincoteague and Assateague Islands. The NASA Visitor Center - including its parking lot - at Wallops will be CLOSED for this launch. Credit: NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility/Patrick Black 16, 2021, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. There it is lifted to its vertical position, Tuesday, Feb. In this time-lapse video, a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is transported from the Horizontal Integration Facility to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad 0A. EST, with liftoff taking place at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility near Chincoteague, Virginia. The five-minute launch window opens at 12:36 p.m. Live coverage of the launch with commentary will air on NASA Television, the agency’s website and the NASA app beginning at 12 p.m. Credit: NASA Wallops/Patrick Blackįor those who’d like to follow along with the count early, live video and control room chatter is now airing on NASA Wallops’ IBM Cloud Video. A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is in the vertical launch position on the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A, Tuesday, Feb. Weather continues to be 75% favorable for the launch of this resupply mission to the International Space Station. EST launch window of NASA commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman‘s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft. There will also be viewing locations on Chincoteague Island, including at Robert Reed. The countdown is underway for today’s 12:36 p.m. The NASA Visitor Center at Wallops will be open for this launch starting at 4 p.m.
