NASA's Wallops Flight Facility

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
NASA facility
gptkbp:area 6,200 acres
gptkbp:coordinates 37.9402°N 75.4664°W
gptkbp:employs over 1,000 people
gptkbp:hasFacility gptkb:airport
gptkb:museum
gptkb:Wallops_Research_Range
mission control center
payload processing facility
radar tracking systems
range control center
balloon launch site
rocket assembly building
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NASA's Wallops Flight Facility
gptkbp:ICAO_code gptkb:KWAL
gptkb:WAL
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Antares_rocket
gptkb:Minotaur_rocket
gptkb:Pegasus_rocket
sounding rockets
small orbital rockets
gptkbp:launchPad gptkb:Pad_0A
gptkb:Pad_0B
Pad 5
Pad 1
Pad 2
Pad 3
Pad 4
gptkbp:location gptkb:Wallops_Island,_Virginia,_United_States
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Wallops_Island
gptkbp:near gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Chincoteague_Island
gptkbp:notableMission gptkb:satellite
gptkb:LADEE_mission
Sounding Rocket Program
gptkbp:opened 1945
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:NASA_Goddard_Space_Flight_Center
gptkbp:primaryUse suborbital and orbital rocket launches
gptkbp:runwaySurface 3
gptkbp:supports university research
commercial space launches
military launches
CubeSat launches
gptkbp:usedFor education
scientific research
technology development
supporting International Space Station resupply missions
gptkbp:website https://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home/index.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Radar_Test_Facility
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7