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'''Matagorda Island AFB''', Matagorda Island, TX (28.33N 96.46W) is a surface base that comes with the default Orbiter installation. | '''Matagorda Island AFB''', Matagorda Island, TX (28.33N 96.46W) is a surface base that comes with the default Orbiter installation. | ||
| − | ==History== | + | ===History=== |
| − | Built during WW2 | + | Built during WW2 and know as '''Matagorda Island AFB'''. |
The site was one of the early NASA considerations for a launch site before they settled on [[Cape Canaveral]]. | The site was one of the early NASA considerations for a launch site before they settled on [[Cape Canaveral]]. | ||
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Matagorda Island AFB was deactivated in 1975. | Matagorda Island AFB was deactivated in 1975. | ||
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| + | ==Pierce Field== | ||
| + | '''Matagorda Peninsula Army Airfield''' (also named '''Matagorda Peninsula Airport''', '''Matagorda Club Airfield''' or '''Pierce Field (72TA)''')(28.46N 96.29W) is also nearby. | ||
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| + | ===History=== | ||
| + | Built during WW2 to support the Matagorda Bombing Range to the west. The airfield had a total of 5 paved runways, but only 2 runways are still maintained (the longest, 6/24, is 6,000'). | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
| − | [http://www.airfields-freeman.com/TX/Airfields_TX_Corpus_NE.html#matagorda] | + | [http://www.airfields-freeman.com/TX/Airfields_TX_Corpus_NE.html#matagorda http://www.airfields-freeman.com/TX/Airfields_TX_Corpus_NE.html#matagorda] |
| + | [http://www.airnav.com/airport/72TA http://www.airnav.com/airport/72TA] | ||
[[Category:Real spaceports]] | [[Category:Real spaceports]] | ||
Revision as of 22:04, 26 November 2012
Matagorda Island AFB
Matagorda Island AFB, Matagorda Island, TX (28.33N 96.46W) is a surface base that comes with the default Orbiter installation.
History
Built during WW2 and know as Matagorda Island AFB. The site was one of the early NASA considerations for a launch site before they settled on Cape Canaveral.
After that it was used by Deke Slayton and other former astronauts in a private space venture in the late 1960s/1970s. Several attempts to launch kerosene/liquid oxygen vehicles failed. At that time it had 6 paved runways (longest 8,000'), control tower, VOR (116.4) and NDB beacons.
Matagorda Island AFB was deactivated in 1975.
Pierce Field
Matagorda Peninsula Army Airfield (also named Matagorda Peninsula Airport, Matagorda Club Airfield or Pierce Field (72TA))(28.46N 96.29W) is also nearby.
History
Built during WW2 to support the Matagorda Bombing Range to the west. The airfield had a total of 5 paved runways, but only 2 runways are still maintained (the longest, 6/24, is 6,000').
References
http://www.airfields-freeman.com/TX/Airfields_TX_Corpus_NE.html#matagorda http://www.airnav.com/airport/72TA