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About 90 Minutes Until Launch; Weather Still at 75% Favorable
The latest Wallops Range forecast keeps weather at 75% favorable for the 12:36 p.m. EST launch window today of NASA commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman‘s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft from Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility near Chincoteague, Virginia. The International Space Station-bound Cygnus is loaded with about 8,000 pounds of cargo.
Live coverage of the launch will air on NASA Television, the agency’s website and the NASA app beginning at 12 p.m. EST.