February 24, 2015 07:35 pm | Updated 07:35 pm IST - ATLANTIC, Virginia
Three suborbital rockets have been launched for the Department of Defense from NASA’s facility on Wallops Island in Virginia.
NASA says the Terrier-Oriole suborbital rockets were launched around 2-30 a.m. (0730 GMT) Tuesday. The space agency didn’t provide details about the rockets.
The next scheduled launch from the Wallops Flight Facility is set for March 27. A NASA Terrier-Improved suborbital sounding rocket will carry experiments developed by university students.
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