Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport

For the organization itself, see Virginia Spaceport Authority.

Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport and, in the background, NASA's Wallops Flight Facility as seen in September 2012.
Interactive map of Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
Location	Wallops Island, Accomack County, Virginia
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Short name	MARS
Established	1997 (1997)
Operator	Owner: Virginia Spaceport Authority Tenants: Firefly Aerospace (LP-0A) Northrop Grumman (LP-0A, LP-0B) Rocket Lab (LC-2, LC-3)
Total launches	41 (1 Conestoga, 6 Minotaur I, 1 ALV, 18 Antares, 1 Minotaur V, 1 Minotaur IV, 13 Electron)
Launch pad	4
LP-0A launch history Status Undergoing renovation Launches 19 First launch 23 October 1995 Conestoga-1620 (Meteor) Last launch 2 August 2023 Antares 230+ (Cygnus NG-19) Associated rockets Future: Antares 330, Firefly Alpha, Eclipse Retired: Conestoga, Antares 100-series, Antares 200-series LP-0B launch history Status Active Launches 9 First launch 16 December 2006 Minotaur I (TacSat 2 and GeneSat) Last launch 15 June 2021 Minotaur I (NROL-111) Associated rockets Current: Minotaur I, Minotaur IV, Minotaur V Retired: ALV Plans cancelled: Vector-R LC-2 (LP-0C) launch history Status Active Launches 13 First launch 24 January 2023 Electron ("Virginia Is For Launch Lovers") Last launch 11 June 2026 HASTE ("Curveball") Associated rockets Current: Electron LC-3 (LP-0D) launch history Status Awaiting rocket activation Launches 0 First launch 2026 (planned) Associated rockets Future: Neutron

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) is a commercial space launch facility located at the southern tip of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island in Virginia, just east of the Delmarva Peninsula and south of Chincoteague, Virginia, United States. It is owned and operated by the Virginia Spaceport Authority. MARS is located right next to the NASA Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), which had run the launch complex until 2003. WFF still provides support services to MARS launches under a contract with the Commonwealth of Virginia.