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Article: Rocket launch on Wallops Island set for Monday.
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- April 21, 2007
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Byline: Jon W. Glass
Apr. 21--WALLOPS ISLAND -- Four months after its first launch, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport is preparing to shoot another Minotaur I rocket into orbit Monday.
The mission is for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, which is sending up a satellite to collect data the Pentagon will use as it develops a defensive system to ward off ballistic-missile attacks.
For the spaceport, known by its acronym MARS, this second launch will help cement its role in the burgeoning commercial space market.
"Things are looking really good, there's a lot of opportunity," said Billie Reed, who directs the Eastern Shore spaceport.
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