UPDATED: Rocket Launch To Be Visible Tuesday Morning

UPDATED: 7:38 a.m., Tuesday:

We're picking up the count! We're 2 hours and 30 minutes away from launching a #Minotaur rocket carrying three national security payloads for the NRO. We're a targeting 9:35 a.m. EDT launch time.

Our live stream will begin at 9:05 a.m. EDT: https://t.co/zWY2W9VcuN pic.twitter.com/i2mL0uKgKW

— NASA Wallops (@NASAWallops) June 15, 2021

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Get your coffee brewing early Tuesday morning.

NASA announced that a rocket launch from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is likely to be visible around 7 a.m. in eastern sky of the Levittown area.

Northrop Grumman’s Minotaur 1 rocket is launching three “national security payloads” for the National Reconnaissance Office, NASA officials said.

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise will be providing launch services for this mission.

In mid-May, a rocket launch was spotted above the area.

Grab that cup of coffee ☕

A #Minotaur rocket carrying a @NatReconOfc payload is scheduled to launch June 15 at 7 a.m. For those along the East Coast, if the weather is right, you may see the rocket and its contrail in the sky: https://t.co/BhcWhOAmgH pic.twitter.com/xLEIe9hGem

— NASA Wallops (@NASAWallops) June 8, 2021

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