As posted by someone else on USENET...Mike
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As posted on USENET by someone else...a site that has
*clickable* google earth major launch facilities...
http://www.geocities.com/launchreport/padsites.html
and using google maps you can find other interesting sites, too:
Google Maps:
http://www.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&tab=wl&q=
Paste coordinates in "Search The Map" field. Click
"Search Maps",
Click "Satellite" and zoom in as far as you can.
If you can access Google Earth, just paste these
coordinates in Google Earth and enjoy.
---LAUNCH SITES---
Alcantara, Brazil
S2.318023, W44.365494 - (clouds)
Baikonur, Kazakstan
N45.9202, E63.3424 - Vostok pad
Hammaguira, Algeria
N30.875249, W3.079891 - launch area
Jiuquan, China
N40.9647, E100.2827 - Shenzhou complex
NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
N28.5862, W80.6514 - VAB
Kagoshima, Japan
N31.251086, E131.082214 - launch pad
Kapustin Yar, Russia
N48.567482, E45.907302 - launch sites?
Kodiak, Alaska, USA
N57.435919, W152.338144 - launch area
Kourou, Guiana
N5.2315, W52.7758 -launch pad? (clouds)
Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean
N9.005481, E167.726925 - launch pad
Musudan, North Korea
N40.855453, E129.665961 - launch pad
Peenemuende, Germany
N54.155986, E13.804591 - V2 launch areas
Plesetsk, Russia
N62.9277, E40.5755 - Soyuz pad
Sriharikota, India
N13.719950, E80.230371 - launch pad
Tanegashima, Japan
N30.4009, E130.9755 - H2 pad
Vandenberg AFB, California, USA
N34.5815, W120.6264 - SLC-6
NASA Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
N37.8637, W75.4889
White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, USA
N32.416897, W106.325220 - LC36 Apollo - Little Joe II
pad
Woomera, Australia
S30.943828, E136.520834 - launch pad
---SPACE CENTERS---
NASA Ames Research Center, Mtn View, California, USA
N37.415665, W122.062643 - Wind Tunnels
Edwards AFB, California, USA
N34.9589, W117.8835 - Shuttle/747 mount area
NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, USA
N29.5542, W95.0942 - Saturn V display
NASA Michoud Space Center
N30.023835, W89.920181 - Saturn V First Stage
Star City - Near Moscow, Russia
N55.880585, E38.110542
---Rocket Development Centers and Test Stands---
Arnold Engineering Development Center, Arnold AFB,
Tennessee, USA
N35.378910, W86.049740 - Rocket propulsion development
Edwards AFB, California, USA
N34.952734, W117.645504 - Minuteman development silos
(tethered
launches)
N34.942474, W117.686509 - Rocket engine test stand
Martin-Marietta - Littleton, Colorado, USA
N39.514122, W105.134594 - Titan I & II test stands
N39.512642, W105.130582 - Titan I & II test stands
Douglas Aircraft - Sacramento, Califonria, USA
N38.571456, W121.237738 - Saturn S-IVB test stand
N38.569815, W121.231561 - Saturn S-IVB test stand
NASA Stennis Space Center, near Bay St. Louis,
Mississippi, USA
N30.368936, W89.579742 - Rocket test stand
N30.360813, W89.599245 - Rocket test stand
N30.364038, W89.601989 - Rocket test stand
---Misc locations---
Alabama Space and Rocket Center
1 Tranquility Base, Huntsville, AL
N34.711384, W86.654617
Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites
1624 Flight Line, Mojave Airport, Mojave Ca,
93501-1663
N35.056187, W118.159577
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
1100 N. Plum Hutchinson, Kansas 67501
N38.065389, W97.921696
Kistler Industries Headquarters
4300 Amelia Earhart lane, Oklahoma City, OK 73159
N35.405599, W97.597533
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
Interstate 90, Exit 131, 75 miles east of Rapid City,
South Dakota
N43.833518, W101.900638 - park headquarters (Tour
start)
N43.877892, W101.961933 - Launch Control Facility
Delta-01
N43.931363, W102.159746 - Launch Facility Delta-09
(missile silo)
Mythbusters workshop
c/o M5 Industries 1268 Missouri Street San Francisco,
CA 94107-3310
N37.750394, W122.395505
NASA Headquarters
300 E St SW, Washington, DC
N38.882962, W77.016370
National Air and Space Museum
6th St SW & Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20560
N38.888300, W77.019901
NASM Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway, Chantilly, VA
20150
N38.911414, W77.444140
Orbital Sciences Headquarters
21839 Atlantic Blvd, Dulles, VA 20166
N39.012570, W77.429945
Pima Air and Space Museum
6000 E. Valencia Rd, Tucson, AZ 85706
N32.140091, W110.864767
Space X Headquarters
1310 East Grand Avenu, El Segundo, CA 90245
N33.919187, W118.402288
Titan Missile Museum
1580 W. Duval Mine Road, Sahuarita, AZ 85614
N31.903420, W110.999183
USAF Museum
Spaatz Circle, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
N39.780984, W84.110155
USAF Strategic Air and Space Museum
28210 West Park Highway, Ashland, NE 68003
N41.018204, W96.320494
USS Hornet Museum - CV12 - Apollo 11 recovery carrier
Alameda, California
N37.772681, W122.302910
--Famous Aircraft Crash sites--
X-15 Crash site near Johannesburg, CA
N35.419213,W117.602329
XB-70 Crash site north of Barstow, CA
N35.063286, W117.024474
F-104 Crash site (Joe Walker) north of Barstow, CA
N35.080573,W117.057964
YB-49 Crash site (Glenn Edwards)
N35.042555, W117.992708
Concorde crash site near Paris, France
N48.985735,E2.472095
--Buran related waypoints--
Buran Orbiter, Gorky Park, Moscow
55.728691 N, 37.596806 E
Buran Orbiter, Baikonur Space Center
45.919547 N, 63.310049 E
Building MNK-112 (N1 Assembly Bldg)
Baikonur Space Center
45.927834 N, 63.298370 E
Energia, Buran, N1 Launch Pads
45.963834 N, 63.308257 E
Buran Analog in storage in the
Sitra storage yard
of Pico Petrolium, Bahrain
(Wings & Tail separate from
main body of orbiter)
26.198346 N, 50.602956 E