https://spacewatch.global/tag/nasa-wallops-island/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 18 Feb 2020 06:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/nasa-wallops-island/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/rocket-lab-selected-by-nasa-to-launch-pathfinder-mission-to-the-moon/ Tue, 18 Feb 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19498 Rocket Lab has been selected by NASA as the launch provider for a small satellite mission to the same lunar orbit targeted for Gateway – an orbiting outpost astronauts will visit before descending to the surface of the Moon in a landing system as part of NASA’s Artemis program.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/rocket-lab-opens-launch-complex-two-at-wallops-island-in-virginia-usa/ Fri, 20 Dec 2019 06:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17964 Rocket Lab, the global leader in small satellite launch, officially opened Launch Complex 2, the company’s first U.S. launch site, on 12 December 2019 and confirmed the inaugural mission from the site will be a dedicated flight for the U.S. Air Force.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/middle-east-space-and-satellite-news-roundup-for-november-2018/ Wed, 21 Nov 2018 06:00:01 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11458 It has been a busy few weeks in the Middle Eastern satellite and space sector, with developments and activities taking place from Morocco to Iran, and all points in between. The following is a roundup of the regional space and satellite news that was not previously covered in-depth by SpaceWatch.MiddleEast.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/uaes-mysat-1-cubesat-to-be-launched-to-iss-on-15-november/ Thu, 08 Nov 2018 06:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11188 MYSAT-1, an educational CubeSat built by 20 students at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is due to be launched as part of the Cygnus NG-10 resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on board a Northrop Grumman Antares launch vehicle from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island in the United States, on 15 November 2018.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/rocket-lab-selects-wallops-flight-facility-for-u-s-launch-site/ Fri, 19 Oct 2018 05:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10902 U.S. orbital launch provider Rocket Lab has confirmed it will build its first U.S. launch pad for the Electron rocket at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, United States. The site will be Rocket Lab’s second dedicated launch complex and builds on Rocket Lab’s existing ability to launch up to 120 times annually from the world’s only private launch site, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, in New Zealand.]]>