12.089 & 12.090 WT Edwards/NASA Wallops Flight Facility
MesOrion

  • Mission
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12.089 & 12.090 WT single stage Orion sounding rockets were launched from Wallops Island, VA on February 16,2023.The purpose of these launches were to test a new capability to support science reseach in the mesosphere.

The Principal Investigator was Mr. Brent Edwards/NASA Wallops Flight Facility

For more on this mission, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/wallops/2023/nasa-tests-new-ride-for-science-studies-from-wallops

Drawing of a Terrier-Black Brant sounding rocket

Single stage Orion with Mesospheric size payload.

Additional sounding rocket vehicles

 

 

Google Earth map showing Wallops Flight Facility

The MesOrion missions were launched from, Wallops Island, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, on February 16, 2023