Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
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The Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) is a commerical space launch facility located at the southern tip of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on the Delmarva Peninsula in Virginia.
[edit] Background
In July 2003, Governors Ehrlich of Maryland and Mark Warner of Virginia signed an agreement that directed the Secretary of Commerce and Trade of Virginia and the Secretary of Business and Economic Development of Maryland to form a working group to develop a concept and implementation plan for joint governance, operation and administration of the commercial spaceport at Wallops Island. The spaceport, then known as the Virginia Space Flight Center, had been developed, with a combination of federal, state and private sector funding, by the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority (VCSFA).
[edit] Launch history
The first rocket to be launched from MARS was an Orbital Sciences Minotaur, at 12:00 GMT on 16 December 2006, with two spacecraft, TacSat-2 for the US Air Force, and GeneSat-1 for NASA.
[edit] External links
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- Satellite image from WikiMapia, Google Maps or Windows Live Local
- Street map from MapQuest or Google Maps
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image from TerraServer-USA
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport web site
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Implementation Plan, April 2004
- Blog about the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
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