It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a rocket?

Get your binoculars out.

A U.S. Air Force rocket carrying a Department of Defense satellite is scheduled for launch Tuesday, June 28, from a NASA Virginia-based launch site.

According to a NASA representative, the rocket should be visible from Howard County providing that the weather is not heavily overcast. The rocket’s visibility has a long range, as it might also be seen from southern New York, North Carolina, West Virginia and western Pennsylvania.  

 According to the NASA website, the satellite, “is an important step to demonstrate the capability to meet emerging and persistent war-fighter needs.”

The rocket is scheduled to launch between 8:28-11:28 p.m.

Backup launch days are June 29-July 10.

For more information including where to view the launch, visit:http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/missions/ORS.html

To view the live web cast June 28 beginning at 1:30 p.m. visit:

http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/webcast