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'''Wallops Flight Facility (WFF)''', located on the [[USA]], is operated by [[NASA]] as a rocket launch site and for support to science and exploration missions. | '''Wallops Flight Facility (WFF)''', located on the [[USA]], is operated by [[NASA]] as a rocket launch site and for support to science and exploration missions. | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:23, 2 December 2022
Orbiter 2016 coordinates 75.47938 W 37.84621 N
Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), located on the USA, is operated by NASA as a rocket launch site and for support to science and exploration missions.
WFF consists of three parts: the Main Base, the Mainland, and the Wallops Island Launch Site.
Pads and runways[edit]
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
- LA0A
- LA0B
- LA1
- LA2
- LA3
- LA3A
- LA3B
- LA4
- LA5
- DZ (Air-launched rocket drop zone)
- LP08B
- Runways (WFF Research Airport, Wallops Main Base):
- RW04/22, 2666x46m
- RW10/28, 2440x61m
- RW17/35, 1465x46m
Frequencies[edit]
- ASOS : 119.17
- Tower: 126.5
Charts and diagrams[edit]
External links[edit]
- http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home/
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Wallops_Flight_Facility,_2010.jpg
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MLAS_liftoff_at_Wallops_Flight_Facility_001.jpg
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wallops_Research_Range.jpg
- http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/images/content/417989main_wallops-aerial-full.jpg
- The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
- The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
- The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
- The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
