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Virginia rocket launch may be visible for most of East Coast and as far west as Ohio – WHNT News 19

A rocket launch from Virginia may be visible to many in the Eastern Time Zone on Wednesday morning.

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WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. A rocket carrying a classified payload launched from Virginia’s Eastern Shore on Wednesday morning.
The Minotaur IV rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) blasted off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceports (MARS) Pad 0B on Wallops Island.
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Centers Launch Enterprise Program provided the launch services for the mission.
The mission, named NROL-129, was the first USSF mission from Wallops…

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