Active 🇺🇸United States
Launch Area 3
A launch pad at Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA.13 launches have flown from it since October 1960, 10 of 13 successfully.
Launches
13
Success rate
76.9% 10/13
Failures
3
First flight
1960-10-04
Latest flight
1964-11-06
Busiest year
1961 4 flights
Fastest turnaround
54d 23h 8m
Location
Pad record
- Coordinates
- 37.8495° N
75.4725° W - Status
- Active
- Country
- United States
- Pad operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- LL2 pad tally
- 13 upstream count
Vehicles flown
6 typesLaunches per year
decided flights1960Peak 1961, 4 launches1964
Orbits delivered
2 destinationsLow Earth Orbit 7Suborbital 3
Flight record
13 flights| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964-11-06 | Scout X-4 | Explorer 23 | Scout X-4 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1964-08-18 | Scout X-4A | Reentry-4A | Scout X-4A | – | Suborbital | Success |
| 1964-03-27 | Scout X-3 | Ariel 2 | Scout X-3 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1963-06-28 | Scout X-4 | GRS | Scout X-4 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-12-16 | Scout X-3 | Explorer 16 | Scout X-3 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-08-31 | Scout X-3A | Reentry-2 | Scout X-3A | – | Suborbital | Success |
| 1962-03-29 | Scout X-2 | P-21A | Scout X-2 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1961-10-19 | Scout X-1 | P-21 | Scout X-1 | – | Suborbital | Success |
| 1961-08-25 | Scout X-1 | Explorer 13 | Scout X-1 | – | – | Failure |
| 1961-06-30 | Scout X-1 | S-55 | Scout X-1 | – | – | Failure |
| 1961-02-16 | Scout X-1 | Explorer 9 | Scout X-1 | – | – | Success |
| 1960-12-04 | Scout X-1 | NASA S-56 | Scout X-1 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1960-10-04 | Scout X-1 | ST-2 | Scout X-1 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.