WSH

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WSH is the location identifier for White Sands Space Harbor, a former NASA space shuttle landing site in New Mexico.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
WSH canonical 3

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airport code
location identifier
runway complex
space shuttle landing site
alternativeTo Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
associatedProgram Space Shuttle program
associatedWith White Sands Test Facility
closureStatus no longer maintained for shuttle landings
country United States
elevationCategory high-altitude landing site
environment desert
FAAidentifier WSH
hasLighting portable runway lighting
hasNavigationAids TACAN
microwave landing system
IATAcode WSH
identifies White Sands Space Harbor
identifiesFacilityType space shuttle landing site
locatedIn Dona Ana County
New Mexico
Otero County
White Sands Test Facility
maintainedBy NASA Johnson Space Center
namedAfter White Sands National Park
near Las Cruces, New Mexico
notableLanding STS-3
STS-3 Space Shuttle Columbia landing
openedForShuttleProgram 1970s
operator NASA
partOf White Sands Missile Range
primaryBackupFor Edwards Air Force Base
region American Southwest
runwayCount 3
runwaySurface dry lakebed
safetyRole contingency landing site
status former landing site
surfaceType gypsum
terrain dry lakebed playa
usedBy Space Shuttle Columbia
Space Shuttle orbiter
Space Shuttle program
usedFor approach and landing tests
space shuttle landing
training landings

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

White Sands Space Harbor hasCode WSH
White Sands Space Harbor IATAcode WSH
subject linked to: WSH
White Sands Space Harbor FAAidentifier WSH
subject linked to: WSH