New England could catch glimpse of NASA Wallops Electron rocket launch

BOSTON - Keep an eye to the sky Thursday evening, New England. The region might just get a glimpse of a rocket launch out of Virginia.

Rocket Lab is set to launch its 59-foot-tall Electron rocket from NASA's Wallops facility at 6 p.m. They say the weather there is 95% favorable for the two-hour launch window.

"There are very cool to see, if we get some breaks in the clouds," WBZ-TV chief meteorologist Eric Fisher says.

If conditions are good enough, Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire should see the rocket heading for space about 2 minutes to 2-and-a-half minutes after launch.

Thursday's launch supports satellite manufacturer and Earth observation company Capella Space, NASA says. 

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