| NASA 'PhoneSat,' 1st Satellite Built By High School Students Launching Tuesday Posted: 18 Nov 2013 01:42 PM PST  The first satellite designed and built by high school students will blast into space along with a so-called "PhoneSat" built by NASA on Tuesday night (Nov. 19). The two tiny spacecraft and 27 other small satellites are hitching a ride on a rocket launching from Virginia that could be visible from large stretches of the East Coast, weather permitting. An Orbital Sciences Minotaur 1 rocket carrying student-built TJ3Sat satellite and more will lift off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., during a two-hour launch window that opens Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. EST (0030 Nov. 20 GMT). You can also watch the nighttime launch live online here, courtesy of NASA, beginning at 6:30 p.m. EST (2330 GMT).
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