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| − | The '''RAAF Woomera Test Range''' (previously known as the ''Woomera Test Facility'', the ''Woomera Rocket Range'', and the ''Long Range Weapons Establishment'', Woomera) is a weapons testing range located in [[Australia]], 500 kilometres north-west of Adelaide. | + | The '''RAAF Woomera Test Range''' (previously known as the ''Woomera Test Facility'', the ''Woomera Rocket Range'', and the ''Long Range Weapons Establishment'', Woomera) is a weapons testing range located in [[Australia]], 500 kilometres north-west of Adelaide. It includes the RAAF Woomera Airfield (YPWR). |
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| + | ==Pads, runways and frequencies== | ||
| + | *LA1 - S launch complex | ||
| + | *LA2 - Stonechat, Skylark, Rook, Jaguar, Black Brant, Lorikeet, Long Tom, Kookaburra, HAD, Corella, Cockatoo, Aero High launch complex | ||
| + | *LA3 | ||
| + | *LA4 | ||
| + | *LA5A - Black Knight launch complex | ||
| + | *LA5B - Black Knight, Black Arrow launch complex | ||
| + | *LA6A - Europa, Blue Streak launch complex | ||
| + | *LA8 - Redstone, Aerobee launch complex | ||
| + | *LA9 | ||
| + | *HAD | ||
| + | *MRL | ||
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| + | *RAAF Woomera Airfield (YPWR) | ||
| + | **12/30 - 1851x50m, gravel | ||
| + | **18/36 - 2382x45m, asphalt, lighted | ||
| + | **Tower frequency - 118.3, 257.8 | ||
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| + | ==External links== | ||
| + | *[http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/ersa/FAC_YPWR_28-Jun-2012.pdf RAAF Woomera Airfield diagram and information] | ||
| + | *[http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/QuickView.pl?directory=ESC&ID=ISS027-E-11713 General view from space] | ||
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| + | ==Associated add-ons== | ||
| + | *[http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4176 Woomera 6A] | ||
| + | *[http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=3293 Woomera Hi-Res tiles] | ||
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| + | [[Category: Articles]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Real spaceports]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Surface bases]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Australia]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:20, 16 October 2022
The RAAF Woomera Test Range (previously known as the Woomera Test Facility, the Woomera Rocket Range, and the Long Range Weapons Establishment, Woomera) is a weapons testing range located in Australia, 500 kilometres north-west of Adelaide. It includes the RAAF Woomera Airfield (YPWR).
Pads, runways and frequencies[edit]
- LA1 - S launch complex
- LA2 - Stonechat, Skylark, Rook, Jaguar, Black Brant, Lorikeet, Long Tom, Kookaburra, HAD, Corella, Cockatoo, Aero High launch complex
- LA3
- LA4
- LA5A - Black Knight launch complex
- LA5B - Black Knight, Black Arrow launch complex
- LA6A - Europa, Blue Streak launch complex
- LA8 - Redstone, Aerobee launch complex
- LA9
- HAD
- MRL
- RAAF Woomera Airfield (YPWR)
- 12/30 - 1851x50m, gravel
- 18/36 - 2382x45m, asphalt, lighted
- Tower frequency - 118.3, 257.8