Black Mesa (test site)

37.366666666667 -109.28333333333Coordinates: 37 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ N , 109 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ W.

Black Mesa Proving Grounds

Black Mesa (also known as Blanding launch site ) was a US Army missile test site near Blanding , San Juan County , Utah .

Between September 24, 1963 and November 24, 1970, around 80 Pershing 1 rockets were launched from mobile launch vehicles for experimental purposes . The Bundeswehr was also involved in these tests. In many cases, the missiles were targeted at the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), 394 miles away .

literature

A. Chase Chamberlain, Robert S. McPherson: Desert cold warriors. In: Utah Historical Quarterly. 2015, Volume 83, No. 2, pp. 116–141 ( PDF )

Web links

Black Mesa in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)

Individual evidence

↑ A.Ch. Chamberlain, RS McPherson, 2015, p. 121.
↑ A.Ch. Chamberlain, RS McPherson, 2015, p. 122.
^ Mitchell R. Shape, Jr., M. Lowther: Progress in Rocket, Missile, and Space Carrier Vehicle Testing, Lauching, and Tracking Technology. Part 1: Facilities in the United States. In: Advances in Space Science and Technology. 1964, Volume 6, p. 327.

[1] A.Ch. Chamberlain, RS McPherson, 2015, p. 121.

[2] A.Ch. Chamberlain, RS McPherson, 2015, p. 122.

[3] Mitchell R. Shape, Jr., M. Lowther: Progress in Rocket, Missile, and Space Carrier Vehicle Testing, Lauching, and Tracking Technology. Part 1: Facilities in the United States. In: Advances in Space Science and Technology. 1964, Volume 6, p. 327.