Wallops Flight Facility has successfully launched the Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket containing Multiple User Suborbital Instrument Carrier.
Liftoff occurred at 9:50 a.m.
It reached 115 miles apogee before returning to earth.
Wallops officials say the payload is being recovered and that the data and analysis from the instruments look good.
It has been set to lift off last week, but was delayed because of weather conditions.
Its initial launch date was last December but with weather problems and vessels underneath the launch path the mission was scrubbed.
On board are engineering development projects and experiments from West Virginia University under a NASA undergraduate program.
