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US Spaceports

c/map_enthusiasts · u/WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world · 59 points

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u/FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 5 points

Not only does it not exist, plans to build it were scrapped a year ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceport_Camden

So I'm pretty sure it doesn't have an FAA license.

u/will_a113@lemmy.ml · 4 points

Closer to the equator means less fuel to orbit because the Earth spins fastest at the equator so you don't have to add as much delta-v.

The Alaska one I'd bet is for military ops or maybe polar satellite installations.

u/Shadow@lemmy.ca · 2 points

The earth is widest at the equator and it spins along that axis, so it's easier / closer to get up into space.

Alaska probably just cause why not.

u/kersploosh@sh.itjust.works · 3 points

People have certainly left the country at some of these sites. But they are (almost) always brought back so it isn't a great escape route.

u/grue@lemmy.world · 7 points

TIL Vandenberg Air Force Base got renamed.

Also, I'm pretty sure that one in Georgia doesn't actually exist.

u/Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 6 points

On clear days you can see launches from Wallops along the eastern seaboard. If Apollo had launched from there they could have seen it from NYC.

I used to live in the mountains in Maryland and watched them all the time, and even saw the light from the Antares explosion.