East Coast could be in for a spectacular nighttime rocket launch

[mahatmakanejeeves]

East Coast could be in for a spectacular nighttime rocket launch
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/east-coast-could-be-spectacular-nighttime-rocket-launch-2D11613669

Joe Rao, Space.com

NASA and the U.S. military will launch a record payload of 29 satellites from a Virginia spaceport Tuesday night on a mission that could create a spectacular sight for skywatchers along the U.S. East Coast, weather permitting.

The U.S. Air Force launch will send an Orbital Sciences Minotaur 1 rocket into orbit from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility and Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Va., sometime during a two-hour launch window that opens Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. EST.

The nighttime launch could light up the sky for millions of observers along a wide swath of the Eastern Seaboard, and could be visible from northeastern Canada and Maine to Florida, and from as far inland as Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky, depending on local weather conditions, according to NASA and Orbital Sciences visibility maps. {Can You See It? Visibility Maps for Nov. 19 Rocket Launch (Gallery)}

[Mika]

1. The horrors! We've got the entire world blanketed - ready to kill @ a moment's notice.