(meteorobs) ATREX mission to probe meteor level winds tonight midnight to 1:30 AM

[Wayne Hally]

5 sounding rockets will launch from Wallops Flight Facility on the southern
end of the Delmarva Peninsula between midnight and 1:30, The rockets will
launch at 80 second intervals and release a tracer (trimethyl aluminum) to
create 5 to 7 visible trails to track winds from 85-134 km. It should be
visible from Massachusetts to North Carolina, and as far west as eastern W
Virginia and western PA. The weather looks superb tonight, so barring any
mariners who do not heed the notice, it should go off sometime during that
window, 

 

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/missions/atrex-launch.html

 

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/missions/atrex-nightlight.html

 

Countdown is scheduled to start at 7 PM EDT, and there will be a live
webcast at 10 PM here:

 

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/missions/atrex-nightlight.html

 

Wayne

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