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Launch Area 3 (LA-3) at the Wallops Flight Facility is a launch complex which was used mostly by Scout rockets between 1960 and 1985. Forty-one Scout launches occurred from the complex making both orbital and suborbital. In addition four Nike sounding rockets were launched from the complex in 1970.Launch Area 3 contains two launch pads Area 3 and Area 3A. Area 3 also known as the Mk.I launcher was used by eighteen Scout rockets between 1960 and 1964.
