Friday, December 08, 2006

Spaceport to Launch First Satellites

A rocket carrying satellites for the Air Force and NASA is set to blast off Monday from the Virginia shore in the first launch from the mid-Atlantic region's commercial spaceport.

The site is one of only six federally licensed launch centers in the nation.

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport has three more launches scheduled for 2007 and eventually could send supplies to the international space station or even tourists into space, said director Billie Reed.

1 comment:

JackKennedy said...

The launch should be a great view in the Monday morning pre-dawn on the East Coast.

Virginians need to build an advocacy group to humanize the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport to encouarge suborbital space flight participate firms and NASA COTS orbital firms to locate there.

Contact me if you or your readers want to help. http://spaceprots.blogspot.com