Rocket Lab Picks Virginia Spaceport As US Launch Site for Small Satellites

The private spaceflight company Rocket Lab has a new spaceport, and it's in Virginia. The California-based startup Rocket Lab, which aims to corner the small-satellite launch market with its Electron boosters, unveiled plans to launch missions from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport overseen by Virginia Space. The first mission could fly as early as next year. The spaceport, which is located at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, has long been used by the space agency to launch small, suborbital sounding rockets. More

(Source: Space.com - Oct 19)