Mission Control in Spaceport America

            Spaceport America has access to 6,000 square miles of restricted air space, sits on 18,000 square miles of sparsely-populated State Trust Land in the Jornada del Muerto desert basin of New Mexico, and can take full advantage of 340 days of sunshine and low humidity to launch into clear skies.  At an elevation of 4,595 feet, Spaceport America also has a fuel-saving head start into space compared to a launch from, say, sea level.  So, the location is ideal for launches and several big names in the private space launch industry have acquired stakes in the facility, including Richard Branson and Elon Musk, to name a few.

A lesser-known company in Spaceport America, called SpinLaunch, is working on a system to slingshot rockets into the upper atmosphere using the power of centrifugal force.  Amazing!

Taken in: United States / New Mexico / Cutter (show map)

Taken on: April 7, 2023

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Sets appears in: • New Mexico & Texas (2023)

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