Regulation & law · 11/10/2012

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Expands Danger Zone for Orbital Rockets Off Virginia Coast

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expanding a permanent danger zone in the Atlantic Ocean off Wallops Island and Chincoteague Inlet, Virginia, to accommodate larger classes of orbital rockets, increasing the zone to 30 nautical miles to protect the public from rocket-launching hazards.