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'''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.
  
==White Sands Missile Range==
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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.
'''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===
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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'''.
*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
 
  
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==Runways==
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The north-south runway simulates the runway at [[Kennedy Space Center]], the east-west runway simulates [[Edwards Air Force Base]], the shorter runway simulates [[transatlantic abort]] landing sites at [[Ben Guerir]], [[Moron]], and [[Istrus]].
  
==White Sands Space Harbor==
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*RW 17/35: 11000x91m, Dry Lakebed, Shuttle certified
'''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. Its runways, navigational aids, runway lighting, and control facilities also stood continuously ready as a backup Shuttle landing site.[1] 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.
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*RW 05/23: 11000x91m, Dry Lakebed, Shuttle certified
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*RW 02/02:  3900x46m, Dry Lakebed
  
===Runways===
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==External links==
*17/35: 10700m, Dry Lakebed
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*[http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wstf/spaceharbor/index.html White Sands Space Harbor]
*5/23: 10700m, Dry Lakebed
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*[http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wstf/spaceharbor/Control_Facilities.html Control Facilities]
*2/2: 3900m, Dry Lakebed
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*[http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/ESC/large/ISS033/ISS033-E-6152.jpg Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth."]
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*[http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/ESC/large/ISS017/ISS017-E-6288.jpg Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth."]
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ0WYdCZCD8 AERIAL TOUR OF WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE - Department of Defense 1964 - PIN 23021 - TOUR OF ARMY, NAVY, AND AIR FORCE LAUNCHING AREAS, SMALL MISSILE RANGE, AND THE COMPLEX OF INSTRUMENTATION AND SIGNAL FACILITIES.]
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Latest revision as of 12:17, 16 October 2022

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[edit]

The north-south runway simulates the runway at Kennedy Space Center, the east-west runway simulates Edwards Air Force Base, the shorter runway simulates transatlantic abort landing sites at Ben Guerir, Moron, and Istrus.

  • RW 17/35: 11000x91m, Dry Lakebed, Shuttle certified
  • RW 05/23: 11000x91m, Dry Lakebed, Shuttle certified
  • RW 02/02: 3900x46m, Dry Lakebed

External links[edit]