Recent Activity
Antares 330 (Firefly-built first stage) integration ongoing for return-to-flight after Russian/Ukrainian engine supply cutoff; HASTE cadence ramped through 2025.
Investor Brief
Only U.S. East Coast spaceport outside the Cape that can fly orbital missions, and the only home for Antares/Cygnus ISS resupply. Rocket Lab's HASTE program turned Wallops into the de-facto U.S. hypersonic test range, a fast-growing DoD line item.
Ownership
Parent Entity
Regulatory Regime
Anchor Tenants
Latitude Advantage
Launch Azimuth Range
Employees
Country
🇺🇸United States
Region
North America
Established
1,945
Launches / Year
1,015
Years Active
81
Strategic Position
37.9402° N, 75.4664° W
Azimuth: 37°–115° (LEO, ISS, mid-inclination)
37.9°N — moderate easterly Atlantic boost; usable for ISS-inclination LEO and mid-inclination missions but less efficient than KSC/CCSFS for equatorial GTO.
Future Milestones
- 2026
Antares 330 first flight with Firefly-built first stage
- 2026
Rocket Lab Neutron debut from Wallops LC-3
- 2027
Continued HASTE hypersonic flight-test cadence ramp
About
Wallops Flight Facility is NASA's oldest launch range, originally established for aeronautics research. Located on Virginia's Eastern Shore, it serves as the launch site for Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket carrying Cygnus cargo to the ISS, and Rocket Lab's Electron rocket from LC-2. It also supports a high volume of sounding rocket missions.
Key Features
NASA's principal facility for suborbital research programs
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 for Electron missions
Northrop Grumman Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport for Antares/Cygnus
Supports 30+ sounding rocket launches per year
One of the oldest continuously operating launch ranges in the world
Rockets That Launch Here
Companies Operating Here
Orbit Types
Notable Launches
Cygnus CRS missions — Regular ISS cargo resupply flights
LADEE (2013) — Lunar atmosphere and dust experiment
Electron HASTE missions — Hypersonic testing for DoD
RockSat-X — Student-built suborbital payloads
Black Brant sounding rockets — Decades of atmospheric research
Upcoming Launches From This Site
Next missions scheduled to fly from Wallops Flight Facility
- Provider
- Rocket Lab
- Rocket
- Electron
- NET
- Pad
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
- Provider
- Firefly Aerospace
- Rocket
- Firefly Alpha Block 2
- NET
- Pad
- Launch Area 0 A
- Provider
- Rocket Lab
- Rocket
- Neutron
- NET
- Pad
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 3 (Launch Area 0 D)
- Provider
- Rocket Lab
- Rocket
- Electron
- NET
- Pad
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C)
Recent Launches From This Site
Most recent missions flown from Wallops Flight Facility
- Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-15 (S.S. Katherine Johnson)Northrop Grumman Space SystemsSuccess
- Minotaur I | NROL-111Northrop Grumman Space SystemsSuccess
- Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-16 (S.S. Ellison Onizuka)Northrop Grumman Space SystemsSuccess
- Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-17 (S.S. Piers Sellers)Northrop Grumman Space SystemsSuccess
- Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-18 (S.S. Sally Ride)Northrop Grumman Space SystemsSuccess
- Electron | Virginia is for Launch Lovers (Hawk 6A-C)Rocket LabSuccess