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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. |
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| Innovation and Promise -- Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee and Navy Surface Combat Systems Center, Wallops Island, Virginia The program provides for the upgrade and augmentation of the current National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) ground system located at the Satellite Operations Control Center (SOCC) in Suitland, Maryland, and at the Command and Data Acquisition Stations (CDAS) in Fairbanks, Alaska, and Wallops Island, Virginia. S Navy at the Goddard Space Center at Wallops Island, Virginia. |
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