| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 1,804,489,391 visitors served. |
|
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
Wallops Island |
Also found in: Acronyms, Wikipedia | 0.03 sec. |
|
Wallops Island (wäl`ləps), island, 6 sq mi (15.5 sq km), Accomack co., E Va., off the Atlantic coast of the Delmarva pensinsula S of Chincoteaque island. NASA has a facility there and on the neighboring mainland; the island is one of the oldest rocket launch sites (est. 1945) in the world. Launches are primarily of sounding rockets. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| ? Mentioned in | ? References in periodicals archive | |
|---|---|---|
| The reusable hypersonic glider will lift off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility at Wallops Island, Va. Krabill, a glaciologist at NASA's Wallops Island (Va. GOES time at the CDA was synchronized by NIST personnel using a number of techniques throughout the years, including the use of television signals from nearby Norfolk, Virginia, LORAN-C transmissions from Cape Fear, North Carolina [29, 30], portable clock carries from Boulder to Wallops Island [39], and eventually through the use of GPS signals [32]. |
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|---|