Difference between revisions of "White Sands Space Harbor"
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| − | *2/2: | + | *2/2: 3900x46m, Dry Lakebed |
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 14:31, 11 December 2012
White Sands Missile Range
White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) is a rocket range of almost 3,200 square miles (8,300 km2) in parts of five counties in southern New Mexico. The largest military installation in the United States, WSMR includes the Oscura Range and the WSMR Otero Mesa bombing range. WSMR and the 600,000-acre (2,400 km2) McGregor Range Complex at Fort Bliss to the south, form a contiguous swath of territory for military testing.
Pads
- LC38 (Army Launch Area Five)
- LC33 (Army Launch Area 1)
- LC50 (West Center 50)
- LC37 (Army Launch Area Three)
- SULF Storm launch complex
- LC32 Storm-2
- LC35
- LC36 (Army Launch Area 2,NASA facility)
- LC94
- LC39
White Sands Space Harbor
White Sands Space Harbor (WSSH) was the primary training area used by NASA for Space Shuttle pilots flying practice approaches and landings in the Shuttle Training Aircraft and T-38 Talon aircraft.
The WSSH runway facilities are located in Alkali Flats, a site formerly known as Northrup Strip. Its runways, navigational aids, runway lighting, and control facilities also stood continuously ready as a backup Shuttle landing site.
WSSH is a part of the White Sands Test Facility, and is located approximately 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Alamogordo, New Mexico, within the boundaries of the White Sands Missile Range.
Runways
- 17/35: 11000x91m, Dry Lakebed, Shuttle certified
- 5/23: 11000x91m, Dry Lakebed, Shuttle certified
- 2/2: 3900x46m, Dry Lakebed
