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Reaching Farther Wallops Flight Facility April 11, 2017

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1 Reaching Farther Wallops Flight Facility April 11, 2017
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Reaching Farther Wallops Flight Facility Bill Wrobel, Director April 11, 2017

2 Super Pressure Balloon
Awaiting launch in Wanaka, New Zealand Thus far, weather at ground and surface levels have prevented launch attempts

3 Operation IceBridge Team deployed to Thule Air Base, Greenland
First P-3 Operation IceBridge mission with new wings and tail Approximately 140 hours flown thus far in support of OIB

4 Sounding Rockets Upcoming Missions from Wallops
Completed successful Poker Flat campaign Four launches, three within a two hour period Studied Auroras and interactions of solar winds with Earth’s upper atmosphere Upcoming Missions from Wallops Subtec 7: May 2 Payload Ampule Testing Demonstration: May 23 RockOn: June 22 ASPIRE: August 1 RockSat-X: August 15

5 Upcoming Missions Antares will return to Wallops in late summer/early fall 2017 2 Antares missions on schedule for 2018 A Minotaur I (pictured right) has been scheduled to launch from Wallops in 2018

6 North Wallops Island Fire Station slated for completion in Summer 2017
New Facilities North Wallops Island Fire Station slated for completion in Summer 2017

7 New Facilities Mission Operations Command Center completion targeted for late Spring/Early summer 2017.

8 Questions?


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