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Wallops Sounding Rockets pad name?
« on: 09/14/2024 10:10 am »
Does the pad they launch suborbital sounding rockets from at Wallops have a name? They always just say "launching from Wallops Flight Facility", but there are multiple pads at Wallops, like LP-0A where they launched Antares, Rocket Lab's LC-2, etc. What's the name of their suborbital launching pad?

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Re: Wallops Sounding Rockets pad name?
« Reply #1 on: 09/14/2024 10:28 am »
This old map might help. 
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Re: Wallops Sounding Rockets pad name?
« Reply #2 on: 09/14/2024 10:59 pm »
Does the pad they launch suborbital sounding rockets from at Wallops have a name? They always just say "launching from Wallops Flight Facility", but there are multiple pads at Wallops, like LP-0A where they launched Antares, Rocket Lab's LC-2, etc. What's the name of their suborbital launching pad?

"LC-2" isn't a WFF official name, it's only Rocketlab's name.

Re: Wallops Sounding Rockets pad name?
« Reply #3 on: 09/15/2024 08:32 am »
This old map might help.
Thanks, this should help. Now I just need to know which one of the non-commercial ones is the one used for sounding rockets.

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Re: Wallops Sounding Rockets pad name?
« Reply #4 on: 09/15/2024 10:31 am »
https://www.nasa.gov/wallopsrange/operations/
WALLOPS RANGE USER’S HANDBOOK

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Re: Wallops Sounding Rockets pad name?
« Reply #5 on: 09/15/2024 02:58 pm »
Digging into JCM's fantastic suborbital lists will provide some clues.
https://www.planet4589.org/space/

I show the orbital pad locations here.
https://launchreport.neocities.org/padsites

Wallops is set up with Launch Areas 0 through 5 south to north, with numerous subdivisions in most Launch Areas. 

In recent years, Launch Areas 1 and 2 have hosted your Black Brants, Terrier Improved Malemutes, Terrier Improved Orions, and so on.  There are multiple launchers spread across these two Areas.

Launch Area 4 had, maybe still has, a tubular launcher. 

Launch Area 5 was a US Navy test site (not sure if currently used).

Launch Areas 0 and 3 have been used for both orbital and suborbital launches. 

Scout flew from first from LA 3, then from the updated Mark II launcher at LA 3A.   

Launch Area 0A was used by Conestoga, then Antares.   Firefly is talking about using LA 0A, though I'm not sure how that jives with the new Antares 330/MLV program.

LA-0B is Minotaur. 

LA-0C is the Electron pad. 

LA-0D is under construction for Neutron I believe.

 - Ed Kyle
« Last Edit: 09/15/2024 03:27 pm by edkyle99 »

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Re: Wallops Sounding Rockets pad name?
« Reply #6 on: 09/16/2024 12:08 am »
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Wallops is set up with Launch Areas 0 through 5 south to north, with numerous subdivisions in most Launch Areas. 

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 - Ed Kyle

I appreciate the information Ed. This is a keeper post.  Tony
It's Tony De La Rosa, ...I don't create this stuff, I just report it.

 

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