Q2 2017 WIRA NASA Update Bill Wrobel
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Transcript of Q2 2017 WIRA NASA Update Bill Wrobel
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wallops Flight FacilityBill Wrobel, Director
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April 11, 2017
• Awaiting launch in Wanaka, New Zealand• Thus far, weather at ground and surface levels have
prevented launch attempts
Super Pressure Balloon
Operation IceBridge
• Team deployed to Thule Air Base, Greenland
• First P-3 Operation IceBridge mission with new wings and tail
• Approximately 140 hours flown thus far in support of OIB
Sounding Rockets• Completed successful Poker Flat
campaign• Four launches, three within a two
hour period• Studied Auroras and interactions of
solar winds with Earth’s upper atmosphere
Upcoming Missions from Wallops• Subtec 7: May 2• Payload Ampule Testing
Demonstration: May 23• RockOn: June 22• ASPIRE: August 1• RockSat-X: August 15
Upcoming Missions
• Antares will return to Wallops in late summer/early fall 2017• 2 Antares missions on schedule for 2018• A Minotaur I (pictured right) has been scheduled to launch from Wallops in 2018
New Facilities
Mission Operations Command Center completion targeted for late Spring/Early summer 2017.