NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is scheduled to support a sounding rocket launch for the U.S. Navy in support of a Fleet Training Live Fire exercise on Thursday, Oct. 1. The rocket launch may be visible from the local Wallops area.
This March 2026 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
NASA Wallops provides services such as vehicle tracking, data telemetry, and range safety from NASA’s only owned and operated launch range to ensure successful missions operations for the agency, commercial partners, and other government agencies.
Source: NASA
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