US Army Spartan Missile & Transporter - US Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville AL
N 34° 42.627 W 086° 39.359
16S E 531502 N 3840987
A US Army Spartan Missile & Transporter on static display outside of the Main Exhibit Building at the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville AL
Waymark Code: WMWXW3
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 10/27/2017
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There are dozens of rockets, missiles, missile launchers, and other aircraft on static display outside of the Main Exhibit Building at the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL.
The waymarked US Army Spartan Missile is located on its transporter near the Space Shot.
An interpretive sign reads as follows:
"U.S. ARMY SPARTAN
The Spartan was one of the U.S. Army’s largest and most powerful anti-ballistic missiles. It was a long-range interceptor for the Safeguard Anti-Ballistic Missile System. The Spartan had 3 solid propellant stages and was capable of operating at altitudes above the Earth’s atmosphere.
The Spartan is no longer in the Army’s inventory.
Length: 55 ft
Weight: 28,660 lbs
Range: 460 Mi
Contractor: Bell Laboratories; Western Electric Company, McDonnell Douglas Aerospace"
Location restrictions:
Open 7 days a week, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
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