Woomera — may refer to:*Woomera (spear thrower), an Indigenous Australian spear throwing tool. *Woomera, South Australia, a town named after this tool *Woomera Prohibited Area, is a weapons testing range and rocket launch site **Woomera Instrumented Range… … Wikipedia
Woomera, South Australia — Infobox Australian Place | type = town name = Woomera state = sa caption = Location of Woomera in South Australia (red lga = postcode = est = 1947 pop = 295 [ [http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?locationLastSearch… … Wikipedia
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Woomera — noun a) Area of South Australia used in Australias rocket launch program. b) A town in South Australia, Australia located on the Nullabor Plain about 150 miles north of Adelaide … Wiktionary
Rocket launch site — A rocket launch site or launch complex is a facility at which rocket launches are conducted. It has usually one or more launch pads or suitable sites to mount a transportable launch pad. For launch vehicles with liquid propellant, suitable… … Wikipedia
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Spaceport — For the tourist attraction, see Spaceport (Seacombe). The Baikonur Cosmodrome (Gagarin s Start launch pad) A spaceport or cosmodrome (Russian: космодром) is a site for launching (or receiving) spacecraft, by analogy with seaport for ships or… … Wikipedia
Kosmodrom — Als Weltraumbahnhof bezeichnet man einen Raketenstartplatz, an dem auch Trägerraketen für orbitale und interplanetare Weltraummissionen starten können. Dabei kann es sich um unbemannte Satelliten oder Raumsondenstarts oder bemannte Raumflüge… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Raumfahrtbahnhof — Als Weltraumbahnhof bezeichnet man einen Raketenstartplatz, an dem auch Trägerraketen für orbitale und interplanetare Weltraummissionen starten können. Dabei kann es sich um unbemannte Satelliten oder Raumsondenstarts oder bemannte Raumflüge… … Deutsch Wikipedia
