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The WASP System (Wallops Arc Second Pointer), currently under development in NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va.,  is a NASA provided support system which can point telescopes on a balloon gondolas at inertial targets with arc-second accuracy.

WASP is intended to be a flexible system that can be used to support a variety of science-provided instruments and sensors to meet specific mission performance requirements. WASP is a highly stable, off-the-shelf-type system, that can accurately point  instruments and then track planetary targets as they moved in the solar system.