Rocket Sled - Examples

Examples

Name Location Country Length (ft) Gauge (in) Rail Type Welded/
Segmented		 Opened Renovated Closed Geography Notes
Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT) Rails 1&2 Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, NM USA 50,788 84 171 Welded 1954 Runs North-South, 32°53′17″N 106°09′01″W / 32.8881°N 106.1502°W / 32.8881; -106.1502
Supersonic Naval Ordnance Research Track (SNORT) NAWC-WD, China Lake, CA USA 21,550 56.5 171 Welded 1953 2006 North-South
Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT) Rail 3 Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, NM USA 20,200 26 171 Welded North-South
Extended High-Speed Rocket Sled Track Edwards AFB, Edwards, CA USA 20,000 171 Welded 1949 1959 1963 Rails used to lengthen HHSTT
Supersonic Military Air Research Track (SMART) Aircraft Interior Products Propulsion Systems, Hurricane Mesa, UT USA 12,000 56.5 105 Welded 1955 1961* *Now Privately Owned & Operational
Sandia 2 Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM USA 10,000 1966 1985 North-South
Russia 50 km from Zvezda Russia 8,202 Segmented
B-4 NAWC-WD, China Lake, CA USA 6,800 56.5 75 Welded 1940
Martin-Baker Langford Lodge Langford Lodge, Northern Ireland UK 6,200 30 80 1971 Privately Owned & Operated by Martin-Baker
Pendine Long Test Track (LTT) Qinetiq, Pendine, Wales UK 4,921 12 103
Centre D'essais Des Landes Single Rail R1 Biscarrosse, France France 3,937 Monorail Square Beam Segmented (Foundation for 2nd rail in place)
G4 NAWC-WD, China Lake, CA USA 3,000 33.875 171 Welded
Eglin Track Eglin AFB, Ft. Walton Beach, FL USA 2,000 56.5 171 Welded
Sandia 1 Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM USA 2,000 1951
Edwards North Base Track "G-Whiz" Edwards AFB, Edwards, CA USA 2,000 Welded 1944 1953
Redstone Technical Test Center Sled Track 1 Redstone Arsenal, AL USA 1,900
Pendine Impact Test Track Qinetiq, Pendine, Wales UK 1,476
Centre D'essais Des Landes Single Rail R2 Biscarrosse, France France 1,312 Square Beam
Redstone Technical Test Center Sled Track 2 Redstone Arsenal, AL USA 1,200
New Mexico Tech/EMRTC Sled Track Socorro, NM USA 1,000 Monorail 171 Privately Owned & Operated
Pendine Short Test Track (STT) Qinetiq, Pendine, Wales UK 656
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems Rock Hill, FL USA 656 I-Beam Privately Owned & Operated
Holloman Maglev Track Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, NM USA
Germany Germany I-Beam

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