White Sands Space Harbor

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

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.

• 17/35: 11000x91m, Dry Lakebed, Shuttle certified
• 5/23: 11000x91m, Dry Lakebed, Shuttle certified
• 2/2: 3900x46m, Dry Lakebed

External links

• general map
• White Sands Missile Range
• White Sands Space Harbor
• Control Facilities