Q1 2017 WIRA NASA Update Bill Wrobel
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Wallops Flight Facility
Bill Wrobel
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Reported Antares Launch sightings
• Using GIS, these dots represent where people watched Antares from (as reported on Wallops’ social media accounts)
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Cape Cod, MASounding Rockets
- 25 launches planned- Alaska campaign underway
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Scientific Balloons- Antarctica campaign complete- Return to New Zealand in
March
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Airborne Science- Operation IceBridge uploads- ACT-America deployment
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Small Satellites- IceCube ready for launch- HaloSat, TROPICS in development
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Visitor Center- Record 77,032 visitors in 2016- Exhibit upgrades under development- Next event: Jan. 21 Solar Viewing Event
with Delmarva Space Sciences Foundation- Save the date: Solar Eclipse—Aug. 21