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U.S. Navy Fleet Training Launch to be Conducted at NASA Wallops

Aerial view of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility's launch range structures along the coastline of Wallops Island, Virginia. Ocean, bay and marsh lands surround the range.
This September 2024 aerial photograph shows the coastal launch range at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Wallops is the agency’s only owned-and-operated launch range.
Courtesy Patrick J. Hendrickson; used with permission

Update Nov. 7, 2024NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility supported the launch of two rocket-propelled targets. The U.S. Navy training exercise was completed at 12:35 p.m. EST on Nov. 7, 2024.

A rocket-propelled target is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during a window Thursday, Nov. 7 to Friday, Nov. 8 between 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. EST both days as part of a U.S. Navy Fleet Training exercise.

No real-time launch status updates will be available. The launch will not be livestreamed nor will launch status updates be provided during the countdown. The rocket launch may be visible from the Chesapeake Bay region.

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Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024
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Wallops Flight Facility