Next Antares set to launch from Wallops to ISS in mid-October

Orbital Sciences Corp. is scheduled to launch its third operational mission, called Orb-3, from Wallops Island to the International Space Station on the evening of Oct. 18. An Antares rocket is expected to blast off no earlier than 10:14 p.m. from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on the Eastern Shore, spokesman Keith Koehler said Monday. The unmanned rocket will carry a Cygnus space freighter filled with cargo for the space station crew. Because the Antares is a medium-lift booster, its launch is visible from throughout Hampton Roads as well as the mid-Atlantic region, weather permitting. More

(Source: Daily Press - Sep 16)