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<div style="text-align: right; direction: ltr; margin-left: 1em;">Orbiter 2016 coordinates 75.47938 W 37.84621 N</div>
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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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* DZ (Air-launched rocket drop zone)  
 
* DZ (Air-launched rocket drop zone)  
 
* LP08B  
 
* LP08B  
* RW04/22 Runway, WFF Research Airport, Wallops Main Base
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*Runways (WFF Research Airport, Wallops Main Base):
* RW10/28 Runway, WFF Research Airport, Wallops Main Base
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** RW04/22, 2666x46m
* RW17/35 Runway, WFF Research Airport, Wallops Main Base
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** RW10/28, 2440x61m
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** RW17/35, 1465x46m
  
 
==Frequencies==
 
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MLAS_liftoff_at_Wallops_Flight_Facility_001.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MLAS_liftoff_at_Wallops_Flight_Facility_001.jpg]
 
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MLAS_liftoff_at_Wallops_Flight_Facility_001.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://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wallops_Research_Range.jpg]
 
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wallops_Research_Range.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wallops_Research_Range.jpg]
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*[http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/images/content/417989main_wallops-aerial-full.jpg http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/images/content/417989main_wallops-aerial-full.jpg]
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*[http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/ESC/large/ISS016/ISS016-E-36245.jpg The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth]
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*[http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/ESC/large/ISS013/ISS013-E-25366.jpg The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth]
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*[http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/ESC/large/ISS013/ISS013-E-25364.jpg The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth]
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*[http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/QuickView.pl?directory=ESC&ID=ISS013-E-25365 The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth]
  
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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]