Watch Live Sunday @ 9:04 pm ET: NASA Launching Rocket to Create Artificial CloudsSpace.com
By SPACE.com Staff | June 9, 2017 06:20pm ET
A small NASA rocket will launch to create colorful artificial clouds Sunday night (June 11) at 9:04 p.m. EDT (0104 GMT on Monday), and you can watch all the action live here at Space.com. Coverage begins at 8:30 p.m. EDT (0030 GMT Monday).
You can also watch the liftoff, which will take place from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, at the Wallops Ustream site:
NASA-TV Wallops on USTREAM: NASA Wallops Flight Facility . ScienceFrom NASA:
"The window for a NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket launch to test a new ampoule ejection system designed to support studies of the ionosphere and aurora opens June 11 and runs through June 18. Lift-off for a June 11 launch is scheduled between 9:04 and 9:19 p.m. EDT.
"NASA has two ground stations — at Wallops and Duck, N.C. — to view blue-green and red artificial clouds that will be produced as part of the test. Clear skies are required at one of the two ground stations for this test.
"The multi-canister ampoule ejection system flying on this mission will allow scientists to gather information over a much larger area than previously able. Canisters will deploy between 4 and 5.5 minutes after launch releasing blue-green and red vapor to form artificial clouds. These clouds, or vapor tracers, allow scientists on the ground to visually track particle motions in space.
"The clouds may be visible along the mid-Atlantic coastline from New York to North Carolina.
"The NASA Visitor Center at Wallops will open at 8 p.m. on launch day for viewing the flight.
"Live coverage of the mission is scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m. on the Wallops Ustream site. Launch updates also are available via the Wallops Facebook and Twitter sites."
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