It joins Rocket Lab’s first site, Launch Complex 1, located on New Zealand’s Māhia Peninsula. Located at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia, Launch Complex 2 is Rocket Lab’s second launch site for the Electron launch vehicle. We’re excited to embark on the next phase of working together – regular and reliable Electron launches from the United States,” says Mr. Thank you for being a huge part of enabling us to open access to space. “The fact that we have an operational launch site less than a year after construction began is testament to the hard work and dedication of the Virginia Space and NASA teams, as well as the unwavering support of our local suppliers. Rocket Lab’s Vice President of Launch, Shaun D’Mello, said the rapid pace of construction was made possible by the tireless support of teams from Virginia Space, which owns and operates MARS, and NASA Wallops Flight Facility. We look forward to a busy manifest of Electron launches coming off LC-2.” Also, the strong support from the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Air Force, as well as the skilled contractor team have contributed greatly to this success.
launch site engineers, managers and technicians worked tirelessly together across multiple time zones and two continents to make LC-2 a reality. Almost immediately after Rocket Lab’s selection of MARS as its U.S. Virginia Space CEO & Executive Director Dale Nash said, “The opening of Launch Complex 2 is a significant milestone and a remarkable achievement made possible by the strong partnership with Rocket Lab and NASA. Robert Bongiovi, director of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise. We look forward to Rocket Lab successfully launching the STP-27RM mission from Launch Complex 2 next spring, which will test new capabilities that we will need in the future,” said Col. “Rocket Lab’s launch site at the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia, strengthens the United States’ ability to provide responsive and reliable access to space. Rocket Lab has made frequent, reliable and responsive access to space the new normal for small satellites.” “With the choice of two Rocket Lab launch sites offering more than 130 launch opportunities each year, our customers enjoy unmatched control over their launch schedule and orbital requirements. We’ve already successfully delivered STP payloads on Electron from Launch Complex 1, and we’re proud to be providing that same rapid, responsive, and tailored access to orbit from U.S. Air Force’s Space Test Program payload as the inaugural mission from Launch Complex 2. “It’s an honor and privilege to be launching a U.S. Rocket Lab’s Founder and Chief Executive, Peter Beck, says the completion of Launch Complex 2 represents a new era in frequent, reliable and responsive space access from the United States. The dedicated mission will see a single research and development micro-sat launched from the site in Q2 2020. Air Force’s Space Test Program has been announced as the first customer scheduled to launch on an Electron vehicle from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2. The ability to deploy satellites to precise orbits in a matter of hours, not months or years, is increasingly important to ensure resilience in space.Īt a press conference held at NASA Wallops Flight Facility today, the U.S. Designed to support rapid call-up missions, Launch Complex 2 delivers responsive launch capability from home soil for U.S.
Construction on the site began in February 2019, with the site completed and ready to support missions just 10 months later. Located at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 represents a new national launch capability for the United States. launch site, and confirmed the inaugural mission from the site will be a dedicated flight for the U.S. – Rocket Lab, the global leader in small satellite launch, has today officially opened Launch Complex 2, the company’s first U.S. Launch Complex 2, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. Scheduled for lift-off in Q2 2020, the mission will be Rocket Lab’s first launch from U.S.
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