Name: Meteor SM — Conestoga 1620
Start: 1995-10-23T22:03:00Z
End: 1995-10-23T22:03:00Z
Location: Launch Area 0 A

Question 1

What rocket is launching Meteor SM?

Accepted Answer

Meteor SM is launching on the Conestoga 1620.

Question 2

Who is launching Meteor SM?

Accepted Answer

Meteor SM is being launched by Space Services Inc., a commercial launch provider.

Question 3

Where is Meteor SM launching from?

Accepted Answer

Meteor SM is launching from Launch Area 0 A at Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA.

Question 4

What orbit is Meteor SM heading to?

Accepted Answer

Meteor SM is heading to Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

Question 5

Is the Conestoga 1620 reusable?

Accepted Answer

No — the Conestoga 1620 is an expendable launch vehicle.

Question 6

How many times has the Conestoga 1620 flown?

Accepted Answer

The Conestoga 1620 has launched 1 times to date.

Question 7

What is the Meteor SM mission?

Accepted Answer

METEOR (Multiple Experiment Transport to Earth Orbit & Return), formerly COMET (Commercial Experiment Transporter), was a NASA program to develop a commercially available experiment transporter for microgravity experiments over longer periods.

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.

Meteor SM

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Launch Area 0 A

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

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