Launch from Wallops on Monday

[Hessian]

Saw the link...1/23 launch will be between 6-8 pm. Visible after 30 seconds by SoMd.
So....who has the best viewing angle?

 

[KingFish]

Read this the other day. Would be cool to see but really doubt we will see it. Sky would have to be clear.

 

[Sneakers]

Saw the link...1/23 launch will be between 6-8 pm. Visible after 30 seconds by SoMd.
So....who has the best viewing angle?

I've watched a few from Solomons, not bad, but people can be kind of annoying. Driving in at the last second with headlights blaring....

If you have access to the base, the road by the fishing pier would be good. Is the peir even still standing? Haven't been that way in years.

 

[Hessian]

Is Elm's Beach a decent viewing point?

 

[DoWhat]

Is the peir even still standing? Haven't been that way in years.

Still standing, but it is taped off.
Can't go on it.

 

[3CATSAILOR]

Saw the link...1/23 launch will be between 6-8 pm. Visible after 30 seconds by SoMd.
So....who has the best viewing angle?

Point Lookout. BUT, the Park is probably closed at night.

 

[3CATSAILOR]

Read this the other day. Would be cool to see but really doubt we will see it. Sky would have to be clear.

Sounds like it will be cloudy if not rainy. They may postpone it.

 

[3CATSAILOR]

Is Elm's Beach a decent viewing point?

Point Lookout State Park.

 

[Ken King]

Point Lookout State Park.

Doesn't the park close at 5 PM?

 

[Grumpy]

Saw the link...1/23 launch will be between 6-8 pm. Visible after 30 seconds by SoMd.
So....who has the best viewing angle?

Have watched 4 or 5 from the end of Dare's Beach Road outside PF. Watched a daytime launch from the WaWa on 235 right before the base, very clear day and was surprised I could see it so clearly.

 

[3CATSAILOR]

Doesn't the park close at 5 PM?

I didn't know that. I thought people camp there year around.

 

[Ken King]

I didn't know that. I thought people camp there year around.

According to DNR the campgrounds were closed in 2022 and it extends into the 2023 camping season for critical repairs - https://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/pages/southern/pointlookout.aspx

 

[Hessian]

According to DNR the campgrounds were closed in 2022 and it extends into the 2023 camping season for critical repairs - https://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/pages/southern/pointlookout.aspx

It costs a fair amount to post all signs in two languages....

 

[3CATSAILOR]

According to DNR the campgrounds were closed in 2022 and it extends into the 2023 camping season for critical repairs - https://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/pages/southern/pointlookout.aspx

Wow, I didn't know that. Good grief!

 

[OldHillcrestGuy]

Has been postponed till tomorrow, Tuesday at same time frame 6pm-8pm..

 

[3CATSAILOR]

NEW DATE AND TIME:
Mission: Virginia is for Launch Lovers
Vehicle: Rocket Lab Electron
Date: Jan. 24, 2023
Time: 6-8 p.m. EST
Location: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia

 

[Miker/t]

We saw it pretty bright through the trees in Waldorf.

 

[Grumpy]

Yeah, don't know if it was just way clearer tonight or what but it was very bright watching from the bay in Dare's Beach

 

[OldHillcrestGuy]

Damn I missed it, started fixing dinner and forgot all about it. OH well.

 

[Sneakers]

Damn I missed it, started fixing dinner and forgot all about it. OH well.

Me too.