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Unknown Pad
A launch pad at Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA.9 launches have flown from it since April 1961, 8 of 8 successfully.
"Unknown Pad" is what Launch Library 2 records when a flight's exact pad at this site was never captured. It's a bucket rather than a real structure, so this page stays out of search results.
Launches
9
Success rate
100.0% 8/8
First flight
1961-04-21
Latest flight
1967-02-14
Busiest year
1964 2 flights
Fastest turnaround
150d 3h 55m
Location
Pad record
- Coordinates
- 37.9386° N
75.4594° W - Status
- Active
- Country
- United States
- LL2 pad tally
- 8 upstream count
- Reference
- Wikipedia
Who launches from here
1 operatorVehicles flown
4 typesLaunches per year
decided flights1961Peak 1964, 2 launches1967
Orbits delivered
2 destinationsSuborbital 8Low Earth Orbit 1
Scheduled
1 undecided| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-01-31 | Astra Rocket 4 | Maiden Flight | Astra Rocket 4 | Astra Space | Low Earth Orbit | Scheduled |
Excluded from every count and rate above. Dates are as recorded at the last build, when the most recent decided flight was 1967-02-14.
Flight record
8 flights| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967-02-14 | Trailblazer 2 | Trailblazer Pellet | Trailblazer 2 | – | Suborbital | Success |
| 1966-09-17 | Nike Cajun | Trailblazer Pellet | Nike Cajun | – | Suborbital | Success |
| 1966-03-18 | Trailblazer 2 | Trailblazer Pellet | Trailblazer 2 | – | Suborbital | Success |
| 1965-05-04 | Nike Cajun | Trailblazer Pellet | Nike Cajun | – | Suborbital | Success |
| 1964-11-07 | Nike Cajun | Trailblazer Pellet | Nike Cajun | – | Suborbital | Success |
| 1964-03-12 | Nike Cajun | Trailblazer Pellet | Nike Cajun | – | Suborbital | Success |
| 1962-05-06 | Trailblazer 2 | Trailblazer IIb | Trailblazer 2 | – | Suborbital | Success |
| 1961-04-21 | Trailblazer 1 | Trailblazer 1g | Trailblazer 1 | – | Suborbital | Success |
Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.