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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.

Mission:  FOXSI-4
Vehicle:  Black Brant IX sounding rocket
Date: April 9-19, 2024
Time: 11:45 a.m.-4:15 p.m. local time
Location: Poker Flat Research Range, Alaska

Mission:  Hi-C Flare
Vehicle:  Black Brant IX sounding rocket
Date: April 9-19, 2024
Time: 11:45 a.m.-4:15 p.m. local time
Location:  Poker Flat Research Range, Alaska

Mission:  FURST
Vehicle:  Black Brant IX sounding rocket
Date:  Summer 2024
Time:  TBA
Location: White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico

Mission: RockOn! (RockOn! and RockSat-C student missions)
Vehicle:  Terrier Improved Orion sounding rocket
Date:  June 20, 2024
Time:  Morning, TBA
Location: Wallops Island, Virginia
Visitor Center Viewing Area: Open, time TBA
Livestream: Link to be provided

Mission:  RockSat-X
Vehicle:  Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket
Date:  No earlier than August 13, 2024
Time:  TBA
Location: Wallops Island, Virginia
Visitor Center Viewing Area: Open, time TBA
Livestream: Link to be provided

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
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