ميناء فضاء وسط الأطلسي الاقليمي
ميناء فضاء وسط الأطلسي الاقليمي Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) هومنشأة تجارية للاطلاق إلى الفضاء تقع في الطرف الجنوبي من منشأة والوپس للطيران التابعة لوكالة ناسا في جزيرة والوپس، في المحيط الأطلسي إلى الشرق من شبه جزيرة دلمارڤا وجنوب چينكوتيگ، ڤرجينيا، الولايات المتحدة.
خلفية
في يوليو2003، وقـّع الحاكمان روبرت إرليك من مريلاند ومارك ورنر من ڤرجينيا اتفاقاً أمَر وزير التجارة لڤرجينيا ووزير الأعمال والتنمية الاقتصادية لمريلاند حتى يشكلا مجموعة عمل لتطوير مفهوم ولتطبيق خطة للحوكمة والتشغيل والادارة المشهجرة للميناء الفضائي التجاري في جزيرة والوپس. The spaceport, then known as the Virginia Space Flight Center, had been developed[] with a combination of federal, state, and private sector funding by the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority (VCSFA).[]
المنشأت
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport has two active launch pads. A third was proposed, but never built.
Launch pad 0A (LP-0A) was built for the Conestoga rocket, which made its only flight in 1995. The launch tower was subsequently demolished in September 2008, and has now been rebuilt for use by the Orbital Sciences Antares. The 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."
Launch pad 0B (LP-0B) became operational in 1999, and was subsequently upgraded with the construction of a mobile service tower, which was completed in 2004. It remains active, and is currently used by Minotaur rockets.
A third launch pad at the complex, to be used by HAD rockets, was proposed[] but never used.
The facility suffered significant damage during the 28 Oct. 2014 Antares launch failure, according to NASA officials in the immediate aftermath. The State of Virginia is seeking help from its two US Senators to obtain Federal funding for rebuilding the pad. Preliminary estimates for rebuilding the pad indicate the cost should be no more than US$20 million. By May 2015, that estimate had been revised down to US$13 million and repairs were expected to be completed by September or October 2015 with the next planned launch in March 2016. On September 30, 2015, the spaceport announced repairs on pad 0A had been completed.
تاريخ الاطلاق
The first rocket to be launched from Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport[] was an Orbital Sciences Minotaur I, at 12:00 GMT on 16 December 2006, with two spacecraft, TacSat-2 for the US Air Force, and GeneSat-1 for NASA.
| الاطلاق | التاريخ (UTC) | المركبة | الحمولة | منصة الاطلاق | النتيجة | تعليقات |
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| 1 | December 16, 2006 12:00 | Minotaur I | TacSat-2 / GeneSat-1 | Pad 0B | نجاح | |
| 2 | April 24, 2007 06:48 | Minotaur I | NFIRE | Pad 0B | نجاح | |
| 3 | August 22, 2008 09:10 | ALV X-1 | Hy-BoLT/SOAREX 6 | Pad 0B | فشل | |
| 4 | May 19, 2009, 23:55 | Minotaur I | TacSat-3 | Pad 0B | نجاح | |
| 5 | June 30, 2011 03:09 | Minotaur I | USAF ORS-1 Satellite | Pad 0B | نجاح | |
| 6 | April 21, 2013 21:00 | Antares | Cygnus Mass Simulator | Pad 0A | نجاح | |
| 7 | September 7, 2013, 03:27 | Minotaur V | LADEE mission to Lunar orbit | Pad 0B | نجاح | |
| 8 | September 18, 2013 14:58 | Antares |
Cygnus Orb-D1 COTS Demo Mission |
Pad 0A | نجاح | |
| 9 | November 19, 2013, 20:15 | Minotaur I | ORS 3, STPSat3 | Pad 0B | نجاح | |
| 10 | January 9, 2014 18:07 | Antares | Cygnus CRS Orb-1 | Pad 0A | نجاح | First Cygnus ISS re-supply mission |
| 11 | July 13, 2014 16:52 | Antares | Cygnus CRS Orb-2 | Pad 0A | نجاح | ISS re-supply mission |
| 12 | October 28, 2014 | Antares | Cygnus CRS Orb-3 | Pad 0A | فشل | Pad damaged by explosion and fire. |
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| Mid-September 2016 | Cygnus CRS Orb-5 | Pad 0A (rebuilt) | مزمع | ISS re-supply mission | ||
| December 30, 2016 | Cygnus CRS Orb-7 | Pad 0A (rebuilt) | مزمع | ISS re-supply mission | ||
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وصلات خارجية
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- Map: Coordinates:
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport web site
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Implementation Plan, April 2004
- Wallops Flight Facility site
