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Launch Pad 0 (LP-0), also known as Launch Complex 0 (LC-0), [2] or Launch Area 0 (LA-0), [3] is a launch complex at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Wallops Island, Virginia, in the United States. [2] MARS is located right next to the NASA Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), which had run the launch complex until 2003. [4]
On MARS Pad 0B, VCSFA made modifications and upgrades to launch the NASA Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission to the Moon in mid-2013 on a new Orbital Sciences Minotaur V launch vehicle. Also in mid-2013, the USAF launched ORS-3 from MARS Pad 0B. [1] MARS is one of only several sites licensed by the FAA Office of ...
The launch pad 0A with Antares rocket. At left is a water tower for supplying water for sound suppression. The Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport has two active launch pads. A third is launch pad was completed in December 2019. [23] The launch pad 0B with Minotaur V rocket in September 2013.
Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia 1995– 22 89,805 kg Lunar ... Launch pad for Tronador II under construction
The Wallops Island Launch Site includes six launch pads, three blockhouses for launch control, and assembly buildings to support the preparation and launching of suborbital and orbital launch vehicles. The NASA Wallops Flight Facility Range. The Wallops Research Range includes ground-based and mobile systems, and a range control center.
The FAA Space Operations Office, known as Space Ops, specializes in integrating space operations into the national airspace system.
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) is located within the fence line of MARS Launch Pad 0A. [189] In December 2019, construction of the launch pad was completed and Rocket Lab inaugurated LC-2. [226] The first Electron launch from LC-2 happened on 24 January 2023 during the "Virginia is for launch lovers" mission, named in celebration of the launch. [227]
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