Crawlerway

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roadway spaceport infrastructure

Crawlerway is the massive, specially engineered roadway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center used to transport rockets and spacecraft atop crawler-transporters between assembly and launch pads.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Crawlerway canonical	3

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	roadway ⓘ spaceport infrastructure ⓘ
accessRestriction	not open to public vehicular traffic ⓘ
associatedWith	Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ surface form: Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ surface form: Launch Complex 39B
connects	KSC LC-39A ⓘ surface form: Launch Pad 39A Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ surface form: Launch Pad 39B Vehicle Assembly Building ⓘ
constructionType	specially engineered gravel roadway ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentUse	transport of Space Launch System rockets to Pad 39B ⓘ
designedFor	Saturn V ⓘ surface form: Saturn V launch vehicles Space Launch System ⓘ surface form: Space Launch System launch stacks Space Shuttle launch stacks ⓘ
engineeringRequirement	minimize vibration transmitted to launch vehicles ⓘ provide stable, level path for crawler-transporters ⓘ
environment	coastal spaceport environment ⓘ
hasComponent	two parallel lanes ⓘ
hasFeature	central median between lanes ⓘ graded and compacted rock layers ⓘ
historicalUse	transport of Saturn V rockets to Pads 39A and 39B ⓘ transport of Space Shuttle stacks to Pads 39A and 39B ⓘ
loadBearingCapacity	supports thousands of tons of vehicle and transporter mass ⓘ
locatedIn	Kennedy Space Center ⓘ Merritt Island ⓘ surface form: Merritt Island, Florida
maintenanceBy	Kennedy Space Center ground operations ⓘ
notableFor	supporting transport of some of the heaviest mobile structures ever moved on land ⓘ
operator	NASA ⓘ
ownedBy	NASA ⓘ
partOf	Launch Complex 39 ⓘ
primaryFunction	transport rockets and spacecraft between assembly and launch pads ⓘ
safetyRole	ensures safe transit of fully stacked launch vehicles ⓘ
shape	Y-shaped route ⓘ
slopeLimitation	designed with minimal grade for crawler performance ⓘ
startPoint	Vehicle Assembly Building ⓘ
suitableFor	very low-speed heavy transport operations ⓘ
supportsVehicle	Crawler-Transporter 1 ⓘ Crawler-Transporter 2 ⓘ
surfaceMaterial	Tennessee river rock ⓘ river rock ⓘ
usedBy	crawler-transporter ⓘ
usedForProgram	Apollo program ⓘ Artemis program ⓘ NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ surface form: Space Shuttle program
width	approximately 130 feet ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Launch Operations Center → hasFacility → Crawlerway ⓘ

Launch Complex 39 → hasPart → Crawlerway ⓘ

VAB → connectedTo → Crawlerway ⓘ

subject surface form: Vehicle Assembly Building