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ATREX →

Launch Date: March 27, 2012

The ATREX mission, a salvo of five rockets over a five minute span, launched from Wallops Island on March 27, 2012, a few minutes before the close of the 5 a.m. window.

MICA

MICA →

Launch Date: Feb. 18, 2012

The MICA (Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling in the Alfvén resonator) launched from Poker Flat Research Range on February 18, 2012.

RRS to operate Bermuda tracking station →

NASA and the government of Bermuda signed an agreement on March 7, 2012, to establish a temporary mobile tracking station on Cooper's Island to support launches from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia including future commercial missions.

Terrier

Terrier Mk70 - Improved Malemute →

Launch Date: Jan. 11, 2012

The Range and Mission Management Office (RMMO), Code 840, at Wallops Flight Facility supported the successful launch of the Terrier Mk70-Improved Malemute sounding rocket on January 11, 2012, from the Wallops Research Range.

CHAMPS

CHAMPS →

Launch Dates: Oct. 11 and Oct. 13, 2011

For the second consecutive year, the Research Range Services (RRS) Program deployed its mobile telemetry instrumentation, along with other important mobile assets and personnel, to a destination north of the Arctic Circle—the island of Andoya, Norway.

Terrier Mk 12

Terrier Mk 12 →

Launch Date: Sept. 8, 2011

RRS supported the Terrier Mark 12 Modification Test Flight in time for the 2011 Norway deployment. The test flight was a success, verifying the effectiveness of the steel spacer and providing crucial data for predicting stage performance of future science missions.

RockSatX

RockSatX →

Launch Date: July 21, 2011

RRS provided support and range services to a Terrier Improved Orion. Support included optical, timing, frequency monitoring, two prime tracking radars and one backup, telemetry downlink, air and sea consisting of two ships and two aircraft and meteorological data.

Upcoming Missions
Antares

Antares

Scheduled Launch Date: Summer 2012

IRVE III

Scheduled Launch Date: June 2012

RockOn V

Scheduled Launch Date: June 2012

RockSat-X

Scheduled Launch Date: August 2012

EVEX and MOSC at Kwajalein

Scheduled Launch Date: Sept. 2012

LADEE

LADEE

Scheduled Launch Date: May 2013