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NASA Launches Defense Rocket From Va. Facility

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WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (WBOC/AP)- NASA has launched a suborbital rocket for the Department of Defense from its launch range at Wallops Island Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore. 

NASA says the Terrier-Lynx rocket was launched Tuesday evening. 

The space agency plans to launch a second Terrier-Lynx rocket between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday. The rocket could be visible to residents in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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