{"id":18286,"date":"2021-06-15T02:22:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T06:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=18286"},"modified":"2021-06-15T02:22:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T06:22:37","slug":"attention-early-birds-n-j-shore-within-viewing-area-of-rocket-launch-tuesday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2021\/06\/attention-early-birds-n-j-shore-within-viewing-area-of-rocket-launch-tuesday-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Attention, Early Birds: N.J. Shore Within Viewing Area of Rocket Launch Tuesday Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9203\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nglaunch.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9203\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9203\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nglaunch-1024x776.jpg\" alt=\"The launch timetable and zone for the Minotaur 1 rocket launch. (Credit: NASA)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"776\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The launch timetable and zone for the Minotaur 1 rocket launch. (Credit: NASA)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Though it largely depends on whether overnight storms clear from the area in time, Shore residents have a chance to see Northrop-Grumman\u2019s Minotaur 1 rocket launch from the Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia\u2019s eastern shore Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The launch is scheduled for 7 a.m. and would be viewable within 30 to 60 seconds locally if the skies are clear. The rocket is carrying three \u201cnational security payloads\u201d for the National Reconnaissance Office, reportedly satellites that will provide intelligence to personnel at the NRO. Those who want to view the launch should head to the beach by 7 a.m. and look to the south-southeast.<\/p>\n<p>Four rocket motors will launch the defense contractor\u2019s cargo into orbit in four stages. The first three stages consist of materials that will burn up after launch, but the fourth will travel to space and deploy its payload. According to NASA, the satellites will likely orbit for about 20 years before falling back to Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Live coverage of the mission countdown is scheduled to begin at 6:30 a.m. on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/NASAWallops?sub_confirmation=1\">Wallops Island Facility YouTube channel.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2021\/06\/attention-early-birds-n-j-shore-within-viewing-area-of-rocket-launch-tuesday-morning\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though it largely depends on whether overnight storms clear from the area in time, Shore residents have a chance to see Northrop-Grumman\u2019s Minotaur 1 rocket launch from the Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia\u2019s eastern shore Tuesday morning. The launch is scheduled for 7 a.m. and would be viewable within 30 to 60 seconds locally if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-in-brick"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nglaunch.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-4KW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}