Rocket launch from Va. facility set for Sunday

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (AP) — A Department of Defense rocket is scheduled to be launched this weekend from NASA’s Wallops Island facility in Virginia.

NASA says the launch of the Terrier-Lynx suborbital rocket is set for between midnight and 2 a.m. Sunday. Backup launch days are 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 18 and 12:30 a.m. on Oct. 19.

The launch may be visible to residents in the Chesapeake Bay region.

The NASA Visitor Center at Wallops won’t be open for viewing the launch. Real-time launch status updates won’t be available.

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