

For more information, visit NASA Wallops Flight Facility or NASA Goddard Space Flight Center home page. NASA GSFC WFF was established in 1945 by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, as a center for aeronautic research.

“NAFTU provides a vital safety capability for launch providers and ensures public safety during operations.” NASA Goddard Space Flight Centers Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), located on Virginias Eastern Shore. “The certification of NAFTU is a major milestone for Wallops and our commercial partners,” Pierce said. RT NASAWallops: Around the world. The launch Thursday was enabled by NASA’s Autonomous Flight Termination Unit software, which became fully certified March 3.

The first Electron launch from Wallops took place in January. The NASA Wallops Flight Facility 18 meter parabolic UHF dish has been added as a ground station to support Cosmogias Dove 1 and Dove 2 experimental. “Today’s launch builds on decades of work supporting the commercial launch industry, and we’re proud to have Rocket Lab as a mission partner here in the Wallops complex.” Pierce, Wallops Flight Facility director. The company has performed more than 30 missions from its launch facility in New Zealand, but the upcoming launch will mark its first Electron launch from Virginia and its first from U.S. “I’m extremely proud of the NASA team that helped ensure a safe and successful launch operation today,” said David L. NASA Wallops (NASAWallops) JanuTuesday’s launch will inaugurate Rocket Lab’s new Launch Complex 2 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. Electron has launched from Launch Complex 2 in Virginia for /AfAacdgHht- Rocket Lab March 16, 2023
