Northampton County Chamber of Commerce recently issued the following announcement.
Black Brant IX Sounding Rocket Launch
Posted on January 4, 2022 (December 29, 2021) by Joanne Moore
Date(s) – January 4, 2022
10:00 pm
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Launching into the New Year!
A Black Brant IX sounding rocket is scheduled to launch Tuesday, Jan. 4, carrying an experiment to study the origin of soft X-rays in our galaxy that impact technology in Earth’s atmosphere.
While not harmful to us on the surface, these X-rays can disrupt radio communications and accuracy of GPS systems. Soft X-rays have lower energy as compared to hard X-rays, which are used in imaging for medical applications.
For those in the mid-Atlantic region, weather permitting, you may catch a glimpse of the rocket. The window opens Jan. 4 at 10 p.m. EDT and runs until 2 a.m. Jan. 5. Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/3mGKIBk
Viewing locations for NASA Wallops Flight Facility launches can be found at https://www.chincoteaguechamber.com/nasa/ Please note that the NASA Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center remains closed and there is no parking allowed on Route 175 – Chincoteague Road.
Original source can be found here.
