Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
1990s to present
Site Details
- Country: United States
- Operator: Virginia Spaceport Authority
- Type: Commercial
Overview
The commercial spaceport within Wallops Flight Facility on the Virginia coast. Its Pad 0A has launched the Antares rocket carrying Cygnus cargo ships to the International Space Station, and the spaceport also hosts Minotaur flights and the Rocket Lab Electron pad known as Launch Complex 2.
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