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Rocket Launch Delayed Until Next Year at Wallops

Wallops Flight Facility
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Wallops Flight Facility

It won’t be until next year before a suborbital rocket launches from Wallops Flight facility this year that was planned for this Saturday.

WBOC reports that the delay came after a problem was found during testing yesterday.

The Multiple Improved Malemute suborbital sounding rocket was to carry the Multiple User Suborbital Instrument Carrier.

The launch was already been delayed once after it was scheduled for December 4 when sea was deemed too rough for the recovery boat and crew.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.