page_title: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
section_title: Facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport / Facilities
caption_attribution_description: The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen on the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) Pad-0A at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in Virginia. NASA's commercial space partner, Orbital Sciences Corporation, is scheduled to launch Antares on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. For more information about the launch, visit: www.nasa.gov/orbital Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA image use policy. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission. Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook Find us on Instagram
context_page_description: The Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport is a commercial space launch facility located at the southern tip of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island in Virginia, just east of the Delmarva Peninsula and south of Chincoteague, Virginia, United States.
context_section_description: The Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport has three active launch pads.
  The Launch pad 0A (LP-0A) was built for the Conestoga rocket, which made its only flight in 1995.
  The launch tower was subsequently demolished in September 2008, and has now been rebuilt for use by the Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems Antares.
  The pad modifications for Antares included the construction of a Horizontal Integration Facility for launcher/payload mating and a wheeled transporter/erector that will "roll out and erect the rocket on its launch pad about 24 hours prior to launch".
  Launch pad 0B (LP-0B) became operational in 1999, and was subsequently upgraded with the construction of a mobile service tower, which was completed in 2004. It remains active, and is currently used by Minotaur rockets.
  The facility suffered significant damage during the 28 October 2014 Antares launch failure, according to NASA officials in the immediate aftermath.
  Preliminary estimates for rebuilding the pad indicated the cost should be no more than US$20 million. By May 2015, that estimate had been revised down to US$13 million and repairs were expected to be completed by September or October 2015 with the next planned launch in March 2016. On September 30, 2015, the spaceport announced repairs on pad 0A had been completed.
  In October 2018, Rocket Lab announced that it had selected Mid-Atlantic as its second launch site, called Rocket Lab Launch Complex-2. The company began construction in February 2019, together with the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority (Virginia Space). The pad is located at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. On December 12, 2019, Rocket Lab said it had built and completed Launch Complex-2 and is ready to support missions just 10 months later, a new launch pad near Pad 0A, with the first launch scheduled for the third quarter of 2020. At a press conference on the same day at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility, the USAF Space Test Program was announced as the first customer for the Electron launcher. The mission will see a single research and development micro-satellite. The new launch complex also has an integration facility.
caption: The launch Pad 0A with Antares rocket. At left is a water tower for supplying water for sound suppression.
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