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

[Stuart McDaniel]

All sky guys make sure you got them on!! Will be visible down to the NC coast. 


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Stuart McDaniel
Lawndale, NC 
Secr., 
Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society

IMCA #9052
Sirius Meteorites

http://spacerocks.weebly.com
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From: Wayne Hally 
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 4:08 PM
To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org 
Subject: (meteorobs) ATREX mission to probe meteor level winds tonightmidnight to 1:30 AM

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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