Thin Clouds Here In Blue Ridge Prevented Best View Of Minotaur Rocket Launch

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Via Space.com & Orbital Sciences : The ORS-3 mission is scheduled to occur on November 19, 2013, with a planned launch window from 7:30 – 9:15 pm EST. This map shows how visible the launch will be on the East Coast.
Credit: Orbital Sciences

Wallops Island
Accomack County, Virginia

Unfortunately a thin layer of clouds moved across portions of the Blue Ridge preventing ideal viewing conditions. But that didn’t stop us from getting a front row seat. BRL Publisher Yvette Stafford and Jr. Publisher Adam Stafford were at the launch site and grabbed the video below.

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Most people in the Blue Ridge area will have a good view Tuesday night of the Minotaur Rocket Launch from Wallops Island, VA. The scheduled launch window is between 7:30 p.m. EST & 9:30 p.m.

BRL Publisher Yvette Stafford & Junior Publisher Adam Stafford are actually on site and will be getting shots up close and personal. Be sure to check back here and on our Facebook page for that later.

To read the entire info on the launch, click here to head on over to Space.com’s article on it. Very good info.

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