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Vint Hill Farms Station was established during World War II in 1942 by the Army's Signal Intelligence Service (SIS). The 701-acre (284 ha) facility was built because the Army needed a secure location near SIS headquarters in Arlington Hall to serve as a cryptography school and as a refitting station for signal units returning from combat prior to redeployment overseas.
The Virginia Spaceport Authority, [1] formally better known as Virginia Space, is a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia focused on bringing commercial spaceflight to Virginia and providing education in aerospace technologies across the Commonwealth.
NASA Wallops Flight Facility, 2010. Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) (IATA: WAL, ICAO: KWAL, FAA LID: WAL) 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 Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) is a commercial space launch facility located at the southern tip of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island in Virginia, just east of the Delmarva Peninsula and south of Chincoteague, Virginia, United States. It is owned and operated by the Virginia Spaceport Authority.
The following are space-related agencies, companies, and facilities in Virginia. Northern Virginia. Government agencies National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ...
Feb. 10—Camden County voters will decide the fate of a proposed spaceport in March, but whether the vote will be before the county purchases land for the project remains to be seen. The ...
Unit Emblem Unit Designation Notes/Mission RAF Ascension Island Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha: 45th Mission Support Squadron (Detachment 2) Royal Air Force base made available to the United States by the British government, hosting a Geographically Separate Unit (GSU) of Space Launch Delta 45. [8] Clear Space Force Station
The Group 6A South Region is a division of the Virginia High School League.Along with the 6A North Region, it consists of the largest high schools in Virginia.The region was formed in 2013 when the VHSL adopted a six classification format and eliminated the previous three classification system.