A rocket launch from Virginia may be visible to many in the Eastern Time Zone on Wednesday morning.
The Minotaur IV rocket carrying a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is scheduled to launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s (MARS) Pad 0B on Wallops Island.
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise Program is providing the launch services for the mission.
The mission, named NROL-129, will be the first USSF mission from Wallops Flight Facility and the NRO’s first dedicated launch from Wallops.
The launch may be visible along much of the U.S. East Coast. The map below shows the time in seconds after launch that the rocket may be visible.
The launch window will open about 9am.
