White Sands Space Harbor (former Shuttle landing site)

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Space Shuttle landing site runway complex spaceport

White Sands Space Harbor is a runway complex in New Mexico that served as an alternate landing site for NASA’s Space Shuttle program.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
White Sands Space Harbor	1
White Sands Space Harbor (former Shuttle landing site) canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Space Shuttle landing site ⓘ runway complex ⓘ spaceport ⓘ
alternativeTo	Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
builtFor	NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ surface form: Space Shuttle program
country	United States of America ⓘ
designedFor	Space Shuttle emergency landings ⓘ orbiter landing tests ⓘ
elevation	approximately 1,200 meters above sea level ⓘ
environment	dry lakebed ⓘ high desert ⓘ
hasCode	WSH ⓘ
hasLighting	portable runway lighting systems ⓘ
hasNavigationAid	TACAN ⓘ microwave landing system ⓘ visual approach slope indicators ⓘ
hasRunway	02/20 ⓘ 17/35 ⓘ 23/05 ⓘ
locatedIn	Chihuahuan Desert ⓘ Dona Ana County, New Mexico ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ White Sands Missile Range ⓘ surface form: White Sands Missile Range area NASA White Sands Test Facility ⓘ surface form: White Sands Test Facility
locatedOn	gypsum playa ⓘ
missionLandingDate	30 March 1982 ⓘ
near	Alamogordo ⓘ surface form: Alamogordo, New Mexico Las Cruces, New Mexico ⓘ White Sands National Park ⓘ
notableEvent	landing of Space Shuttle Columbia STS-3 ⓘ
operatedBy	Johnson Space Center ⓘ surface form: NASA Johnson Space Center
operator	NASA ⓘ
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ
partOf	NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
primaryRunwayLength	about 15,000 feet ⓘ
runwayOrientation	northeast–southwest ⓘ northwest–southeast ⓘ north–south ⓘ
safetyFeature	flat open terrain ⓘ wide overrun areas ⓘ
status	former Shuttle landing site ⓘ inactive for Space Shuttle operations ⓘ
surfaceType	compacted gypsum ⓘ
use	Shuttle carrier aircraft operations ⓘ alternate landing site for Space Shuttle ⓘ training runway for Shuttle pilots ⓘ
usedForMission	STS-3 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

White Sands Missile Range → hasRunway → White Sands Space Harbor (former Shuttle landing site) ⓘ

Space Shuttle orbiter → landingSites → White Sands Space Harbor (former Shuttle landing site) ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Sands Space Harbor