5 PM Private Rocket Launch Visible on East Coast & Webcast

New Private Rocket Launching on 1st Flight Today: Watch It Live

by Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing Editor

Date: 20 April 2013 Time: 08:43 AM ET

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The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen on the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) Pad-0A at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on April 16, 2013 on Wallops Island, Va.The rocket is slated to launch on April 20. CREDIT: NASA/Bill Ingalls View full size image

A new American rocket designed to fly cargo missions to the International Space Station for NASA is poised to make its launch debut from the U.S. East Coast today (April 20) after a three-day delay.

The private Antares rocket, built by the commercial spaceflight company Orbital Sciences Corp., is set to launch from a new seaside pad at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.. The critical test flight has been delayed since Wednesday (April 17). Liftoff is set for 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT).

You can watch the Antares rocket launch live on SPACE.com beginning 4:30 p.m. ET (2030 GMT), courtesy of a NASA TV webcast. Weather permitting, the rocket's ascent toward space may even be visible from a wide swath of the U.S. East Coast from Portland, Maine, to Charleston, S.C., according to an Orbital visibility map.

More - Link >>> http://www.space.com/20749-private-antares-rocket-launch-webcast.html

Source: Space.com .

NASA-TV Web Site for Viewing Launch:
Link >>> http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/schedule.html

Related Blog Post ---

NASA-Wallops Island Starts Commercial Cargo Space Launches w/Test (2013 April 13):

Link >>> http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/2013/04/nasa-wallops-island-starts-commecial.html

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