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Description	NASA successfully launched five suborbital sounding rockets this morning from its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia as part of a study of the upper level jet stream. The first rocket was launched at 4:58 a.m. EDT on March 27, 2012, and each subsequent rocket was launched 80 seconds apart. Each rocket released a chemical tracer that created milky, white clouds at the edge of space. Tracking the way the clouds move can help scientists understand the movement of the winds some 65 miles up in the sky, which in turn will help create better models of the electromagnetic regions of space that can damage man-made satellites and disrupt communications systems. The launches and clouds were reported to be seen from as far south as Wilmington, N.C.; west to Charlestown, W. Va.; and north to Buffalo, N.Y. To watch a video of the launch and to read more go to: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/missions/atrex-launches.html
Date	27 March 2012, 04:58
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Author	NASA/Wallops Flight Facility

Camera location	37° 50′ 18.83″ N, 75° 29′ 00.21″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	37.838563; -75.483391

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