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Wallops Launch Schedule

Below is a list of upcoming missions supported by NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. All dates are subject to change.

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with the company’s Cygnus spacecraft onboard, launches at 6:01 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, from the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

There are currently no launches scheduled for the rest of 2024 from Wallops.

January 2025

Missions:  Black and Diffuse Aurora Science Surveyor; Ground Imaging to Rocket investigation of Auroral Fast Features
Vehicle:  Black Brant IX sounding rocket
Date: January 2025
Time: TBA
Location: Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska

Where do our sounding rocket and range teams launch rockets from other than Wallops?

Alaska, Norway, Marshall Islands and Australia.

Our Wallops team go to where the science is, which means traveling around the world to launch sounding rockets.

Infographic map of Delmarva listing six locations along the Atlantic coast to see a rocket that launches from Wallops Island, Virginia.
Infographic map of Delmarva listing six locations along the Atlantic coast to see a rocket that launches from Wallops Island, Virginia.
NASA/Jamie Adkins