New Yorkers who missed the recent solar eclipse will still be able to catch something streaking across the sky this week, NASA says.
A rocket set to launch from the space agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia at 7 a.m. Tuesday will be visible on the East Coast, including in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, NASA said.
“Get up early June 15, grab a cup of coffee and watch the rise of Northrop Grumman’s Minotaur 1 rocket as it’s launched into space,” NASA wrote in a news release.
The rocket’s fiery streaks should be visible from the Big Apple about 30 to 60 seconds after lift-off, it said.
The Northrop Grumman Corporation’s rocket will be carrying three national-security payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office, an agency that manages satellites for the Department of Defense, NASA said.
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The US Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise will be coordinating the launch.
In case outdoor viewing isn’t feasible, NASA will be providing a livestream of the launch starting at 6:30 a.m. on the Wallops YouTube page, it said. There also will be launch updates posted on the Wallops Facebook and Twitter pages.
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