Launch Area 0 A, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Launch Area 0 A is an active launch pad located in United States of America, situated at Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA. The pad has witnessed 19 rocket launches, including 19 orbital launch attempts.
LP-0A was first built for the failed Conestoga rocket program. The original launch tower was subsequently demolished in September 2008. A new pad facility was built from 2009 to 2011 for Orbital Sciences Taurus II, now renamed Antares.
Launch Area 0 A Launch Record
| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Country | United States of America |
| Total Launches | 19 |
| Orbital Launch Attempts | 19 |
| Fastest Turnaround | 105 days, 6 hours, 21 minutes, 14 seconds |
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Wallops Flight Facility is a rocket launch site on Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, United States, just east of the Delmarva Peninsula and 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 uncrewed aerial vehicles.
| Country | United States of America |
|---|---|
| Celestial Body | Earth |
| Total Launches | 87 |
Agency
Administrator: Jared Isaacman
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.