Name: Trailblazer Pellet — Trailblazer 2
Start: 1966-03-18T01:15:00Z
End: 1966-03-18T01:15:00Z
Location: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Question 1

What rocket is launching Trailblazer Pellet?

Accepted Answer

Trailblazer Pellet is launching on the Trailblazer 2.

Question 2

Who is launching Trailblazer Pellet?

Accepted Answer

Trailblazer Pellet is being launched by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a government launch provider founded in 1958.

Question 3

Where is Trailblazer Pellet launching from?

Accepted Answer

Trailblazer Pellet is launching from Unknown Pad at Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA.

Question 4

What orbit is Trailblazer Pellet heading to?

Accepted Answer

Trailblazer Pellet is heading to Suborbital (Sub).

Question 5

Is the Trailblazer 2 reusable?

Accepted Answer

No — the Trailblazer 2 is an expendable launch vehicle.

Question 6

How many times has the Trailblazer 2 flown?

Accepted Answer

The Trailblazer 2 has launched 3 times to date, with 3 successful flights.

Question 7

What is the Trailblazer Pellet mission?

Accepted Answer

Suborbital launch to test re-entry systems. Reached an apogee of 280 km.

Question 8

Where is NASA's Wallops Flight Facility?

Accepted Answer

Wallops Flight Facility is NASA's own launch range on Virginia's Eastern Shore, operating since 1945 and managed through Goddard Space Flight Center. It also hosts the commercial Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS).

Question 9

What launches from Wallops?

Accepted Answer

Wallops flies NASA's long-running sounding-rocket programme alongside orbital launches: Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo missions to the ISS on the Antares rocket from Pad 0A, Minotaur vehicles from Pad 0B, and Rocket Lab's Electron from Launch Complex 2.

Question 10

Can you watch a launch from Wallops?

Accepted Answer

The NASA Wallops Visitor Center is the designated public viewing area and posts information for each flight. Nearby Chincoteague and the Assateague seashore also give open-horizon views across the water.

Question 11

What was the first orbital launch from Wallops?

Accepted Answer

The first orbital launch from Wallops was TacSat-2, on an Orbital Sciences Minotaur in December 2006. Wallops later launched LADEE, the first deep-space mission to fly from Virginia, in 2013.

Trailblazer Pellet

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Launch Window

Unknown Pad

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

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