https://spacewatch.global/tag/wallops-flight-facility/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:14:47 +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/wallops-flight-facility/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/11/synspective-secures-up-to-10-firefly-alpha-launches-to-ramp-up-deployment-of-its-strix-constellation/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=80066 Synspective has selected Firefly Aerospace to provide up to 10 dedicated launches of its Alpha rocket, carrying as many as 20 StriX radar satellites through 2030. The agreement will support the Japanese Earth-observation company's efforts to expand its satellite constellation and increase the frequency of its observations.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/08/space-cotan-sign-mou-with-firefly-aerospace/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=67206 SPACE COTAN Co. Ltd. signed an MOU with Firefly Aerospace. With the MOU now in place, SPACE COTAN will begin defining the launch site operation concept, evaluating system requirements, and assessing licensing and regulatory requirements to launch Firefly’s Alpha rocket from HOSPO.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/04/nro-launches-nrol-174-mission-aboard-a-minotaur-iv-rocket/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=64937 NRO, in partnership with U.S.S.F SSC and Northrop Grumman, successfully launched multiple national security payloads with the NROL-174 mission aboard a Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket from Space Launch Complex 8 (SLC-8) at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) April 16, 2025, at 3:33 p.m. EDT.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/09/rocket-lab-signs-deal-with-leidos-to-launch-four-haste-missions/ Thu, 14 Sep 2023 06:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=51063 Rocket Lab, an aerospace manufacturer and launch service provider, announced on the 12th of September that it has signed a contract with Leidos to launch four HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) missions, reports Business Wire. The four new missions follow on from the success of Rocket Lab’s first HASTE launch for Leidos in June this year. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/08/rocket-lab-to-launch-haste-mission-from-virginia/ Thu, 10 Aug 2023 06:00:32 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50487 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has announced it has signed a new launch services agreement with a confidential customer for a HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) mission. The mission will consequently launch from Complex 2 at Virginia’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in 2024. The contract signing with the new customer came just days after Rocket Lab successfully launched the first HASTE mission on 17 June 2023 for Leidos under the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed (MACH-TB) program.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-three-satellites-for-u-s-air-force-from-new-zealand/ Mon, 06 May 2019 05:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13870 A Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle successfully lifted off from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula at 06:00 UTC, Sunday 5 May 2019 (18:00 NZST). The STP-27RD mission launched three research and development satellites for the DoD Space Test Program that will demonstrate advanced space technologies, including a satellite to evaluate new ways of tracking space debris.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/new-space-launch-unicorn-rocket-lab-announces-140-million-investment/ Mon, 19 Nov 2018 06:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11399 U.S. New Space launch provider Rocket Lab has closed a Series E financing round of U.S.$140 million. The funding round closed last month, prior to the launch of the successful mission ‘It’s Business Time,’ and was led by existing investor Future Fund, with strong participation from current investors including Greenspring Associates, Khosla Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, DCVC (Data Collective), Promus Ventures and K1W1.]]> 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.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/06/orbital-atk-and-ukrainian-yuzhnoye-design-office-cooperation-continues-with-antares-rocket-launch/ Fri, 15 Jun 2018 04:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9026 The Yuzhnoye Design Office continues its collaboration with Orbital ATK on the production and launch of the Antares launch vehicle. The area of responsibility of the Ukrainian enterprise is the hardware for the rocket’s first stage.]]>