White Sands Space Harbor (former Shuttle landing site)
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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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| 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 NERFINISHED → 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 NERFINISHED → White Sands National Park → |
| notableEvent | landing of Space Shuttle Columbia STS-3 → |
| operatedBy | NASA Johnson Space Center NERFINISHED → |
| 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 → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "White Sands Space Harbor"