Wallops Flight Facility

Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) is a rocket launch site on Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, United States, just east of the Delmarva Peninsula and approximately 100 miles (160 km) north-northeast of Norfolk. The facility is operated by the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and primarily serves to support science and exploration missions for NASA and other federal agencies. WFF includes an extensively instrumented range to support launches of more than a dozen types of sounding rockets; small expendable suborbital and orbital rockets; high-altitude balloon flights carrying scientific instruments for atmospheric and astronomical research; and, using its Research Airport, flight tests of aeronautical research aircraft, including unmanned aerial vehicles.

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1945 Website,  Wikimedia, Wikidata
KWAL; WAL; WFF
spaceport, 

• [[|Q114458345]] page^@ Wallops Island Launch Facility
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Location: 37.9331, -75.4721, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Launch Pad 0A ⓘ
  launch pad at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport

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  Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Launch Pad 0B ⓘ
  launch pad at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport

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  Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 1 ⓘ
  rocket launch site at Wallops Island, Virginia, U.S.

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  Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 3 ⓘ
  rocket launch site at Wallops Island, Virginia, U.S.

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  Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 4 ⓘ
  rocket launch site at Wallops Island, Virginia, U.S.

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  Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 2 ⓘ
  rocket launch site at Wallops Island, Virginia, U.S.

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  Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 5 ⓘ
  rocket launch site at Wallops Island, Virginia, U.S.

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  Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 ⓘ
  launch pad at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport

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  Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Launch Pad 0 ⓘ
  launch complex at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport

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  Wallops Flight Facility ⓘ
  American spaceport in Virginia

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  Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport ⓘ
  commercial space launch facility

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1945 Wallops Flight Facility

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1959 — 2011 Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 1

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1960 — 1970 Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 3

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1961 — 1970 Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 4

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1963 — 2010 Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 2

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1970 — 1976 Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 5

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2019 Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2

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1997 Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport

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Black Brant IX sounding rocket

WFF-2015-e04120-002

Boeing 737-130, NASA AN0133892

26-meter polar-orbiting satellite antenna to right. 13-meter GOES-C antenna in left-center. 18-meter GOES A antenna to left. Operations building is in theleft foreground.

Black Brant XI launch from Wallops Island

SPG-62 radar at Surface Combat Systems Center, Wallops Island c1988

WFF sounding rockets

Aegis Combat Systems Center at Wallops Island c1988

WFF-2015-e04120-002

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Retro Space HD page@	Wallops Island Launch Facility	Wikidata
site	launch pad		Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Launch Pad 0A	launch pad,	Wikidata
site	launch pad		Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Launch Pad 0B	launch pad,	Wikidata
site	launch pad	1959	Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 1	launch pad,	Wikidata
site	launch pad	1960	Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 3	launch pad,	Wikidata
site	launch pad	1961	Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 4	launch pad,	Wikidata
site	launch pad	1963	Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 2	launch pad,	Wikidata
site	launch pad	1970	Wallops Flight Facility Launch Area 5	launch pad,	Wikidata
site	launch pad	2019	Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2	launch pad,	Wikidata
site	rocket launch site		Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Launch Pad 0	launch site,	Wikidata
site	rocket launch site	1945	Wallops Flight Facility	spaceport,	Wikidata
site	rocket launch site	1997	Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport	spaceport,	Wikidata
commons	image		Black Brant IX sounding rocket		Commons
commons	image		WFF-2015-e04120-002		Commons
commons	image		Boeing 737-130, NASA AN0133892		Commons
commons	image		26-meter polar-orbiting satellite antenna to right. 13-meter GOES-C antenna in left-center. 18-meter GOES A antenna to left. Operations building is in theleft foreground.		Commons
commons	image		Black Brant XI launch from Wallops Island		Commons
commons	image		SPG-62 radar at Surface Combat Systems Center, Wallops Island c1988		Commons
commons	image		WFF sounding rockets		Commons
commons	image		Aegis Combat Systems Center at Wallops Island c1988		Commons
commons	image		WFF-2015-e04120-002		Commons
commons	image		Orion-Original		Commons