Also, the strong support from the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Air Force, as well as the skilled contractor team have contributed greatly to this success. launch site engineers, managers and technicians worked tirelessly together across multiple time zones and two continents to make LC-2 a reality.
Almost immediately after Rocket Lab’s selection of MARS as its U.S. Virginia Space CEO & Executive Director Dale Nash said, “The opening of Launch Complex 2 is a significant milestone and a remarkable achievement made possible by the strong partnership with Rocket Lab and NASA. Robert Bongiovi, director of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise. We look forward to Rocket Lab successfully launching the STP-27RM mission from Launch Complex 2 next spring, which will test new capabilities that we will need in the future,” said Col. “Rocket Lab’s launch site at the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia, strengthens the United States’ ability to provide responsive and reliable access to space. Rocket Lab has made frequent, reliable and responsive access to space the new normal for small satellites.” “With the choice of two Rocket Lab launch sites offering more than 130 launch opportunities each year, our customers enjoy unmatched control over their launch schedule and orbital requirements. We’ve already successfully delivered STP payloads on Electron from Launch Complex 1, and we’re proud to be providing that same rapid, responsive, and tailored access to orbit from U.S. Air Force’s Space Test Program payload as the inaugural mission from Launch Complex 2. “It’s an honor and privilege to be launching a U.S. Rocket Lab’s Founder and Chief Executive, Peter Beck, says the completion of Launch Complex 2 represents a new era in frequent, reliable and responsive space access from the United States. The dedicated mission will see a single research and development micro-sat launched from the site in Q2 2020. Air Force’s Space Test Program has been announced as the first customer scheduled to launch on an Electron vehicle from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2. The ability to deploy satellites to precise orbits in a matter of hours, not months or years, is increasingly important to ensure resilience in space.Īt a press conference held at NASA Wallops Flight Facility today, the U.S. Designed to support rapid call-up missions, Launch Complex 2 delivers responsive launch capability from home soil for U.S. Construction on the site began in February 2019, with the site completed and ready to support missions just 10 months later. Located at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 represents a new national launch capability for the United States. launch site, and confirmed the inaugural mission from the site will be a dedicated flight for the U.S. – Rocket Lab, the global leader in small satellite launch, has today officially opened Launch Complex 2, the company’s first U.S. Launch Complex 2, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. News Journal reporter Molly Murray contributed to this report.Scheduled for lift-off in Q2 2020, the mission will be Rocket Lab’s first launch from U.S. Orbital was not tracking any issues before the launch, a NASA Wallops Flight Facility spokesperson said on Facebook. There was no time to get their or anyone else's reaction to the explosion, as security personnel almost immediately hustled everyone away from the launch viewing site behind the visitors center, telling them they had to go to their cars and leave right away.Īn acrid smoky smell within minutes filled the air as a smoke cloud drifted from the island over to the center. We're both interested in space travel, and to be able to see something like this without going to Florida is a treat," Roberts said.
They made the four-hour drive to Wallops on Monday and decided to stay over after the launch was postponed. Roberts let his son, Tristan, a high school sophomore, take off from school to come see Antares launch "and get a little firsthand experience." "It's kind of Virginia's best-kept secret," said Mark Roberts of Hamilton, Virginia, about 40 miles west of Washington, D.
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