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mahatmakanejeeves

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Fri Jul 11, 2014, 01:52 PM Jul 2014

Launch at Wallops Island Scheduled for Sunday Afternoon

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home/

Orbital-2 Launch Coverage

Orbital Sciences Corp. has postponed the launch of its Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station until 12:52 p.m. EDT on Sunday, July 13, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad 0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Severe weather in the Wallops area has repeatedly interrupted Orbital’s operations schedule leading up to the launch.

NASA Television coverage of Sunday’s launch will begin at noon.


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