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| Attribute | Wallops Flight Facility 🇺🇸 United States Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Houston Airport System | Gilmour Space Technologies | NASA |
| Ownership | Public-Private | Private | Public-Private |
| Region | 🇺🇸 United States | 🇦🇺 Australia | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Launch pads | — | — | 2 orbital (Pad 0A Antares, Pad 0B Minotaur-C)as of [1] ↑ Most pads |
| Annual launches | 0 | 0-2 | 6–10as of [1]Includes Antares/Cygnus cargo + sounding rocket campaigns |
| Max payload (LEO) | — | — | 8,000 kg to LEO (Antares 230+)as of [1] ↑ Highest capacity |
| First operational launch | 2015 | 2022 | 1945-06-27as of [1]First Wallops Island V-2/WAC Corporal test; orbital launches began 1961 |
| Regulatory regime | FAA-AST Launch Site Operator License (horizontal launch) | Australian Space Agency under Space (Launches and Returns) Act 2018 | NASA range + FAA-AST Part 450 commercial license under MARS operating agreement |
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