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RE: Wallops sounding rocket launch

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Todays launch window extends from 14:30 to 17:00 GMT (9:30 to 13:00 local time).

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The Launch is rescheduled to the 9th July, 2011

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The launch has been scrubbed for today due to clouds

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Todays launch window extends from 9:30 to 11:15 (local time).

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Launch has been scrubbed for today due to bad weather.
Another attempt is scheduled for tomorrow.

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Todays launch window extends from 9:30 to 13:00 (local time).

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This July, scientists will launch four rockets from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Va., for a five-minute journey some 100 miles up into the atmosphere. The rockets will collect data on the charged particles as well as winds of neutral particles that sweep through the lower ionosphere and how each affects the other, ultimately causing these dynamo currents.
The variations matter because all of our communications and GPS satellites send signals through the ionosphere. A disturbed ionosphere translates to disturbed signals, so scientists want to know just what causes the ionosphere to behave in specific ways.
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The launch has been scrubbed for today due to clouds

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Two NASA Terrier-Improved Orion and Black Brant V sounding rockets will be launched from the Wallops launch site.
The launch window is 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Local time).

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