Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Launch Pad 0
LP-0B (left) and LP-0A (center, with the large water tower)
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| Launch site | MARS (WFF) |
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| Short name | LP-0 |
| Operator |
NASA VCSFA |
| Total launches | 12 |
| Launch pad(s) | 2 |
| Pad A (LP-0A) launch history | |
| Status | Repaired, Active |
| Launches | 7 |
| First launch | 23 October 1995 |
| Last launch | 17 October 2016 |
| Associated rockets |
Conestoga Antares (active) |
| Pad B (LP-0B) launch history | |
| Status | Active |
| Launches | 5 |
| First launch | 16 December 2006 |
| Last launch | 8 September 2013 |
| Associated rockets |
Minotaur I (active) ALV Minotaur IV (future) Minotaur V |
Launch Pad 0, Pad 0 or LP-0, also known as Launch Complex 0,Launch Area 0 or LA-0, is a launch complex at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Wallops Island, Virginia in the United States. MARS is located adjacent to NASA's Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), which ran the launch complex until 2003. WFF continues to provide various support services to MARS launches under contract with the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The launch complex consists of two individual launch pads, LP-0A and LP-0B.
Coordinates: 37°51′N 75°28′W / 37.850°N 75.467°W
LP-0A was first built for the failed Conestoga rocket program. The original launch tower was subsequently demolished in September 2008. A new pad facility was built from 2009-2011 for Orbital Sciences Taurus II, now renamed Antares. Pad modifications for Antares included the construction of a Horizontal Integration Facility for launcher/payload mating and a wheeled transporter/erector that will roll out and erect the rocket on its launch pad about 24 hours prior to launch. The first launch of Antares occurred on April 21, 2013.
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