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How to See the Historic Antares/Cygnus Launch to Space Station on Sept. 18
Top of the Rock – New York City
Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft approximate launch trajectory view as should be seen from atop Rockefeller Center, NYC, on Sept. 18, 2013 at 10:50 a.m. EDT – weather permitting – after blastoff from NASA Wallops, VA. Credit: Orbital Sciences
See more Antares launch trajectory viewing graphics below
WALLOPS ISLAND, VA – “All Systems Are GO” for the Sept. 18 launch of Orbital Sciences Antares commercial rocket carrying the first ever fully functional Cygnus commercial resupply vehicle to orbit on the history making first flight blasting off from NASA’s Wallops Island Facility- along the eastern shore of Virginia and bound for the International Space Station.
Here’s our guide on “How to See the Antares Launch” – complete with viewing maps and trajectory graphics from a variety of prime viewing locations courtesy of Orbital Sciences, the private company that developed both the Antares rocket and Cygnus spaceship.
And although the launch is slated for late morning it should still be visible to millions of spectators along a lengthy swath of the US East Coast from North Carolina to Connecticut (…)
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Post tags: Antares rocket, commercial cargo, commercial resupply services (CRS), Commercial Space, COTS, Cygnus capsule, International Space Station (ISS), ISS, Mars, NASA, NASA Wallops, Orbital Sciences, SpaceX
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