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Wallops Flight Facility

US
gov civilFounded 1945
Wallops Island, Virginia, United States
www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/
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A Northrop Grumman Minotaur 1 four-stage solid fuel rocket launched three National Reconnaissance Office payloads on 2021-06-15 at 9:35 a.m. Eastern from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Mentioned as: Wallops Flight FacilityOrg RelationshipJun 15, 2021Northrop Grumman’s Minotaur 1 rocket launches three classified NRO payloads

NROL-111 was the National Reconnaissance Office’s second mission launched from Wallops Flight Facility.

Mentioned as: Wallops Flight FacilityNarrative GeneralJun 15, 2021Northrop Grumman’s Minotaur 1 rocket launches three classified NRO payloads

The U.S. Space Force launched a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office on 2021-06-15 aboard a Minotaur I rocket at 9:35 a.m. EDT from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Mentioned as: Wallops Flight FacilityOrg RelationshipJun 15, 2021The USSF’s NROL-111 Launch Via Minotaur From NASA’s Wallops Heads To Orbit

The NROL-111 mission was launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0B at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.

Mentioned as: Wallops Flight FacilityOrg RelationshipJun 15, 2021The USSF’s NROL-111 Launch Via Minotaur From NASA’s Wallops Heads To Orbit

A three-stage suborbital sounding rocket launched an Air Force Research Laboratory experiment from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on 2021-03-03.

Mentioned as: Wallops Flight FacilityNarrative GeneralMar 4, 2021Space Force sounding rocket launches experiment to study Earth’s ionosphere

The NG-15 Cygnus spacecraft launched from Wallops Flight Facility Pad 0A on 2021-02-22 at 17:36 UTC.

Mentioned as: Wallops Flight FacilityNarrative GeneralFeb 23, 2021Nanoracks launches two CubeSats on NG-15 Cygnus

The NG-15 Cygnus arrived at the ISS after launching from Wallops Flight Facility Pad 0A on 2021-02-22 at 17:36 UTC.

Mentioned as: Wallops Flight FacilityNarrative GeneralFeb 22, 2021Two Smallsats Launched By Nanoracks Via The NG-15 Cygnus Mission

Rocket Lab completed Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) at Wallops Flight Facility in December 2019.

Mentioned as: Wallops Flight FacilityOrg RelationshipNov 14, 2020First Rocket Lab U.S. launch delayed to 2021

A Northrop Grumman Minotaur 4 solid propellant rocket launched the NROL-129 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office on 2020-07-15 at 9:46 a.m. Eastern from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Mentioned as: Wallops Flight FacilityOrg RelationshipJul 15, 2020Northrop Grumman Minotaur 4 launches NRO mission, its first from Virginia spaceport

NASA held discussions with Armstrong Flight Research Center and Wallops Flight Facility about using NASA aircraft to fly necessary personnel to the Mars 2020 launch site if commercial aviation is not available.

Mentioned as: wallops flight facilityTechnical ProductMar 20, 2020Coronavirus pauses work on JWST

The CAPSTONE launch will be the second mission to the moon launched from Wallops Flight Facility.

Mentioned as: Wallops Flight FacilityTechnical ProductFeb 15, 2020Rocket Lab wins contract to launch NASA lunar cubesat mission

Wallops Flight Facility hosted the launch of a Minotaur 5 rocket in September 2013 carrying NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) to study the lunar atmosphere and dust environment.

Mentioned as: Wallops Flight FacilityNarrative GeneralFeb 15, 2020Rocket Lab wins contract to launch NASA lunar cubesat mission

A Cygnus cargo spacecraft delivered AMS repair equipment to the station in a launch that occurred the day after a 2019-11-01 briefing at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.

Mentioned as: Wallops Flight FacilityOrg RelationshipNov 12, 2019NASA prepares for complex series of spacewalks to repair AMS

The ASLON-45 mission will be launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Mentioned as: Wallops Flight FacilityOrg RelationshipAug 7, 2019Vector Launch awarded its first U.S. Air Force mission

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) will be built by Rocket Lab at the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport located at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.

Mentioned as: Wallops Flight FacilityNarrative GeneralOct 17, 2018Rocket Lab selects Wallops for U.S. launch site

2020-03-01 is testing parachutes on sounding rockets, including a 2018-03-31 launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.

Mentioned as: Wallops Flight FacilityNarrative GeneralMay 4, 2018Decision expected soon on adding helicopter to Mars 2020
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