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From: eder@ssc-vax.UUCP (Dani Eder)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: launch sites
Message-ID: <265@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 15:23:56 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 12 15:23:56 1984
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> I have often wondered how many launch-to-earth-orbit capable facilities
> there are in the world.  How many Eastern Block, Western Block, and
> non aligned?  It would really be interesting to develop a list of
> these facilities along with their locations and launch capable
> descriptions.  Maybe we could expand this to include support facilities
> for research, development, control, etc.  
> 
Launch Sites:
  US
    Kennedy Space Center/ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, near
    Titusville, Florida
	Space Shuttle
	Titan III
	Atlas
	Delta
	Pershing (missile)
	Trident (missile)
    Vandenberg Air Force Base, near Lompoc, California
	Minuteman III (missile)
	Titan II
	Delta
	Atlas
	Scout
	Space Shuttle (completion 1985)
    Wallops Station, Virginia
	Scout
  USSR
    Baikonur Cosmodrome (46 N 63 E)
	Soyuz
	Proton
	Heavy Lift?
    Volgograd Station ( 48 30 N 46 E)
	SS-5/C-1 
    Northern Cosmodrome ( 63 N 40 E)
	A-1
	A-2
	A-2-e
	B-1
	C-1
	F-1-m
	F-2
  China
    East Wind Center ( 41 N 100 E)
	CSL-1
	CSL-2
	CSL-X3
  Italy
    San Marco Platform ( 3 S 40 E)
	Scout
  France
    Guiana Space Center ( 5 N 52 W)
	Diamant
	Ariane
  Japan
    Kagoshima Space Center ( 31 N 131 E)
	Mu
    Osaki Launch Site ( 30 N 131 E)
	N-1
 	N-2
	H-1 (scheduled 1985)
  India
    Sriharikota Launching Range ( 14 N 80 E)
	SLV-3

Landing Sites:
  Space Shuttle				Lat	Long	Runway Size(ft)
    Edwards Air Force Base, Cal.	117.8W	34.9N	26500x300
    Northrup Strip, New Mexico		106.4W	32.9N	15000x300
    Kennedy Space Center, Florida	80.7W	28.6N	15000x300
    Rota Naval Station, Spain		6.4W	36.6N	12100x200
    Kadena Air Base, Okinawa		127.8E	26.3N	12000x300
    Hickham Air Force Base, Hawaii	158.0W	21.3N	12000x200
    Yoff Intl., Dakar, Senegal		17.4W	14.7N	11450x148

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