Update Sept. 28, 2024: The mission launched on Sept. 28 at 2:00 p.m. EDT and is complete.
A sounding rocket launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Sept. 28, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. EDT.
Credit: NASA/Jeremy Eggers
This September 2024 aerial photograph shows the coastal launch range at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Wallops is the agency’s only owned-and-operated launch range.
Courtesy Patrick J. Hendrickson; used with permission
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is scheduled to support the launch of a suborbital sounding rocket for the Department of Defense during a launch window that runs 1:45 to 6:30 p.m. EDT each day from Sept. 26 to 30.
No real-time launch status updates will be available and the launch will not be livestreamed.
The rocket launch may be visible from the Chesapeake Bay region.
