Wallops Flight Facility

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NASA field center research center rocket launch site

Wallops Flight Facility is a NASA rocket launch and research center on Virginia’s Eastern Shore that supports suborbital and orbital missions, aeronautics testing, and Earth science operations.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
NASA Wallops Flight Facility	1
Wallops Flight Test Range	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA field center ⓘ research center ⓘ rocket launch site ⓘ
affiliation	NASA Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate ⓘ NASA Science Mission Directorate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
established	1945 ⓘ
focusesOnDiscipline	Earth observation ⓘ aeronautics research ⓘ atmospheric science ⓘ space technology development ⓘ
formerName	Pilotless Aircraft Research Station ⓘ Wallops Flight Facility self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wallops Flight Test Range
hasAbbreviation	WFF ⓘ
hasCapability	aircraft operations ⓘ radar tracking ⓘ range safety operations ⓘ telemetry support ⓘ unmanned aerial systems testing ⓘ
hasFacility	Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport ⓘ
hasRunway	Wallops Flight Facility Airport runway ⓘ
hosts	Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport ⓘ
launchesFrom	Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport ⓘ surface form: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport ⓘ surface form: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0B
launchPadCount	multiple launch pads ⓘ
locatedIn	Accomack County, Virginia ⓘ Virginia ⓘ
locatedOn	Eastern Shore of Virginia ⓘ Wallops Island ⓘ
managedBy	Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ
nearbyCity	Chincoteague, Virginia ⓘ Salisbury, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	NASA ⓘ
ownedBy	NASA ⓘ United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
partOf	Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ surface form: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
primaryFunction	Earth science operations ⓘ aeronautics testing ⓘ orbital launch operations ⓘ suborbital launch operations ⓘ
supportsMissionType	scientific balloon missions ⓘ sounding rocket missions ⓘ suborbital research missions ⓘ technology demonstration missions ⓘ uncrewed orbital missions ⓘ
supportsVehicle	Antares launch vehicle ⓘ Cygnus spacecraft ⓘ surface form: Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft (via Antares)
usedFor	International Space Station cargo resupply launches ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Goddard Space Flight Center → affiliatedWith → Wallops Flight Facility ⓘ

Wallops Flight Facility → formerName → Wallops Flight Facility self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wallops Flight Test Range

NASA field center network → hasComponent → Wallops Flight Facility ⓘ

this entity surface form: NASA Wallops Flight Facility