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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,621 posts) Tue Jun 13, 2017, 11:46 AM Jun 2017

Watch Live Tonight! NASA Rocket Launch to Spawn Artificial Clouds @ 9:04 pm ET

Hat tips, WTOP, for tipping me off this morning, and Judi Lynn, for reminding me with a thread elsewhere: Watch Live Tonight! NASA Rocket Launch to Spawn Artificial Clouds @ 9:04 pm ET

Watch Live Tonight! NASA Rocket Launch to Create Glowing Clouds @ 9:04 pm ET
By SPACE.com Staff | June 13, 2017 07:00am ET

Update for June 13, 7 a.m. ET: Launch Tonight

NASA will try again to launch a Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket tonight, June 13, at 9:04 p.m. EDT (0104 GMT) after a series of delays due to cloudy weather and stray boats offshore. NASA's webcast begins at 8:30 p.m. EDT (0030 GMT). The launch may also be visible to observers along the U.S. East Coast from New York to North Carolina, and as far inland as Charlottesville, Virginia, NASA officials have said. You can also watch the liftoff, which will take place from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, at the Wallops Ustream site: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-tv-wallops.
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If you live near the Wallops Island area in Virginia and would like to watch the sounding rocket launch in person, NASA's Wallops Flight Facility Visitors Center will open to the public at 8 p.m. EDT. Because the launch is weather dependent, local spectactors and online viewers can recieve the latest updates from NASA via the Wallops center Facebook and Twitter sites.

https://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops

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Watch Live Tonight! NASA Rocket Launch to Spawn Artificial Clouds @ 9:04 pm ET (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 OP

Awesome. Thanks. We watched a launch a while ago underpants Jun 2017 #1

I saw some of these launches when I was young. Yonnie3 Jun 2017 #2

It was cancelled Tuesday night due to clouds. Wednesday, I forgot to check the Twitter feed, but mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 #3

Thanks for the update Yonnie3 Jun 2017 #4

The launch is now scheduled for Sunday, June 18, from 9:05 to 9:20 p.m. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 #5

The rocket launch at @NASA_Wallops this evening has been scrubbed because of high winds. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 #6

Launch outlook for June 20: mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 #7

Update, 1:30 p.m., June 20: next attempt is Saturday, June 24 from 9:07-9:22 p.m. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 #8

UPDATE: 6/24 Launch Postponed due to cloudiness. No new launch date. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 #9

The Terrier-Improved Malemute launched this morning, June 29, at 4:25 a.m. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 #10

underpants

(182,908 posts)

1. Awesome. Thanks. We watched a launch a while ago

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Jun 13, 2017, 11:58 AM

Jun 2017

Several families went to the high ground in the neighborhood.

Yonnie3

(17,491 posts)

2. I saw some of these launches when I was young.

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Thu Jun 15, 2017, 10:02 AM

Jun 2017

My mother was an avid bird watcher and we tent camped on the Eastern Shore not far from Wallops Island. One night we saw a launch that put a cloud of florescent material up. We were not aware in advance of that launch. After that we would ask them if any were scheduled. It was exciting for a nerdy teen.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,621 posts)

3. It was cancelled Tuesday night due to clouds. Wednesday, I forgot to check the Twitter feed, but

Reply to Yonnie3 (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 15, 2017, 10:10 AM

Jun 2017

it was cloudy over Alexandria.

Tonight?

UPDATE: 4pm 6/14: NASA Terrier Improved Malemute will launch no earlier than 6/16, from 9:05 to 9:20 p.m. due to poor weather conditions.

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Yonnie3

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4. Thanks for the update

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 15, 2017, 10:28 AM

Jun 2017

I'm right on the edge of the possible viewing area and have not seen a launch from here. I'm very far past being a nerdy teenager, so I'm not upset. I'll try the live feed Friday, weather permitting.

mahatmakanejeeves

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5. The launch is now scheduled for Sunday, June 18, from 9:05 to 9:20 p.m.

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Sat Jun 17, 2017, 04:23 PM

Jun 2017

The launch is now scheduled for Sunday, June 18, from 9:05 to 9:20 p.m.

The launch of NASA Terrier Improved Malemute is now scheduled for Sunday, June 18, with a window from 9:05 to 9:20 p.m.

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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,621 posts)

6. The rocket launch at @NASA_Wallops this evening has been scrubbed because of high winds.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Jun 18, 2017, 09:20 PM

Jun 2017

The rocket launch at @NASA_Wallops this evening has been scrubbed because of high winds. Stay tuned for info on the next attempt.

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The rocket launch at @NASA_Wallops launch has been rescheduled for no earlier than June 19, between 9:06 and 9:21 p.m. .

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mahatmakanejeeves

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7. Launch outlook for June 20:

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Jun 20, 2017, 08:43 AM

Jun 2017

Launch outlook for June 20:

Update: NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute launch, postponed to 6/20 because of weather. The launch on 6/ 20, has a window from 9:06 - 9:21 p.m.

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mahatmakanejeeves

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8. Update, 1:30 p.m., June 20: next attempt is Saturday, June 24 from 9:07-9:22 p.m.

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Wed Jun 21, 2017, 09:09 AM

Jun 2017

Update, 1:30 p.m., June 20: next attempt is Saturday, June 24 from 9:07-9:22 p.m.

Launch update: Clouds are preventing the launch of the Terrier-Improved Malemute, next attempt is Saturday, June 24 from 9:07-9:22 p.m.

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mahatmakanejeeves

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9. UPDATE: 6/24 Launch Postponed due to cloudiness. No new launch date.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Jun 24, 2017, 03:50 PM

Jun 2017

UPDATE: 6/24 Launch Postponed due to cloudiness. No new launch date.

UPDATE: (Friday, 6/23): 6/24 Artificial Cloud Rocket Launch Postponed due to expected cloudiness. New launch date has not been determined.

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mahatmakanejeeves

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10. The Terrier-Improved Malemute launched this morning, June 29, at 4:25 a.m.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jun 29, 2017, 04:52 PM

Jun 2017

The Terrier-Improved Malemute launched this morning, June 29, at 4:25 a.m.

And I missed it.

The wait is over! The Terrier-Improved Malemute launched this morning, June 29, at 4:25 a.m. An early Independence Day fireworks display!!

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