Active 🇺🇸United States
Launch Area 0 B
A launch pad at Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA.8 launches have flown from it since December 2006, 8 of 8 successfully.
Launches
8
Success rate
100.0% 8/8
First flight
2006-12-16
Latest flight
2021-06-15
Busiest year
2013 2 flights
Fastest turnaround
73d 21h 48m
Location
Pad record
- Coordinates
- 37.8310° N
75.4911° W - Status
- Active
- Country
- United States
- Pad operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- LL2 pad tally
- 8 upstream count
- Reference
- Wikipedia
About this pad
LP-0B became operational in 1999,and was subsequently upgraded in 2003 with the construction of a mobile service tower, which was completed in 2004. It is active, and is currently used by Northrop Grumman Minotaur rockets. The first launch from LP-0B was of a Minotaur I in December 2006, and was the first launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport.
Who launches from here
1 operatorVehicles flown
3 typesLaunches per year
decided flights2006Peak 2013, 2 launches2021
Orbits delivered
2 destinationsLow Earth Orbit 7Lunar Orbit 1
Flight record
8 flights| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-15 | Minotaur I | NROL-111 | Minotaur I | Northrop Grumman | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2020-07-15 | Minotaur IV | NROL-129 | Minotaur IV | Northrop Grumman | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2013-11-20 | Minotaur I | ORS-3 | Minotaur I | Northrop Grumman | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2013-09-07 | Minotaur V | LADEE | Minotaur V | Northrop Grumman | Lunar Orbit | Success |
| 2011-06-30 | Minotaur I | ORS-1 (USA-231) | Minotaur I | Northrop Grumman | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2009-05-19 | Minotaur I | Tacsat 3 | Minotaur I | Northrop Grumman | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2007-04-24 | Minotaur I | NFIRE | Minotaur I | Northrop Grumman | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2006-12-16 | Minotaur I | Tacsat 2 | Minotaur I | Northrop Grumman | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.