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| Attribute | Wallops Flight Facility 🇺🇸 United States Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | ISRO | NASA | BRIN (National Research and Innovation Agency) / former LAPAN |
| Ownership | Government | Public-Private | Government |
| Region | 🇮🇳 India | 🇺🇸 United States | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Launch pads | — | 2 orbital (Pad 0A Antares, Pad 0B Minotaur-C)as of [1] ↑ Most pads | — |
| Annual launches | 0 | 6–10as of [1]Includes Antares/Cygnus cargo + sounding rocket campaigns | 0 |
| Max payload (LEO) | — | 8,000 kg to LEO (Antares 230+)as of [1] ↑ Highest capacity | — |
| First operational launch | 2025 | 1945-06-27as of [1]First Wallops Island V-2/WAC Corporal test; orbital launches began 1961 | 2006 |
| Regulatory regime | IN-SPACe (Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre) | NASA range + FAA-AST Part 450 commercial license under MARS operating agreement | Indonesian Aerospace Law (Law 21/2013); BRIN under Presidential Regulation. No active launch-licensing regime — would require new statute. |
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