(Image credit: NASA/Wallops Flight Facility) This Northrop Grumman graphic depicts the visibility path for the NG-14 Cygnus cargo launch on an Antares rocket from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Oct. But the rocket, of course, is not returning to Earth - it is continuing its ascent, speeding higher and faster toward space. The trajectory will appear to dip back toward Earth as the rocket moves farther away from the observer and disappears beyond the horizon. The second stage will appear farther downrange and at a lower elevation than where the first stage shutdown appeared. (7,678 kilograms) Cygnus spacecraft into orbit. After jettisoning its first stage, payload fairing and an interstage connecting adapter, the Antares second stage Castor 30XL solid-fueled motor will ignite to inject the 16,928 lbs. Observers who use binoculars might be able to see a tiny V-shaped contrail, which harmlessly breaks up in the atmosphere and falls into the Atlantic Ocean.Īrcing over the Atlantic Ocean, the rocket will pass the speed of sound and shut down its liquid-fueled main engines about 210 seconds after liftoff. The rocket should appear as a bright, moving star. The first stage uses kerosene and liquid oxygen as propellants, powering two Russian-built RD-181 engines, producing more than 860,000 lbs. The Antares launch will be visible along the East Coast by virtue of the light emitted from its two stages. Antares will reach 5 degrees above the horizon about 150 seconds after launch. It's unlikely that you will be able to view the launch when it's less than 5 degrees above the horizon, because buildings, vegetation and other terrain features will probably get in the way. Here’s how.This NASA graphic shows the visibility path and times, in seconds after liftoff, for Northrop Grumman's NG-14 Cygnus cargo launch on an Antares rocket from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Oct. We’ll also feature your name at the next book club night. You’ll help us produce more in-person and virtual book club conversations throughout the year. Join us: If you value our community book club, please sign on as a supporter of the Los Angeles Times Community Fund. novelist Ivy Pochoda upends the dead girl trope in “ Sing Her Down.” It’s a horror story about a pregnant woman losing control over her body.Ĭrime fiction: How L.A.

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