Spaceport America Launch Pad
USA /
New Mexico /
Elephant Butte /
Launch Pad One Road
World
/ USA
/ New Mexico
/ Elephant Butte
World / United States / New Mexico
interesting place, rocket launch pad
As stated in a 2007 AP article "The launch from the fledgling spaceport - currently a 100-foot by 25-foot concrete slab in a patch of desert more than 50 miles north of Las Cruces - keeps the New Mexico project ahead of its nearest competitor, in West Texas."
Four rockets have been launched off that slab since September, 2006.
Four rockets have been launched off that slab since September, 2006.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceport_America
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 32°56'25"N 106°54'23"W
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