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White Sands Missile Range

military testing area in New Mexico, United States
Organization spaceport Q1694811

Facts

14 properties

Identity

Instance of
spaceport, bombing range, unincorporated community[5][6]
Official website
www.wsmr.army.mil, home.army.mil[11][12]
Native label
White Sands Missile Range[15]

Status and dates

Inception
1948[10]
Replaces
Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range[14]

Location

Country
United States[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 32.563°, -106.570°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Doña Ana County, New Mexico, Otero County[1][2][3]
Postal code
88002[9]
More facts +5
Area
+3200[17]
Commissioned by
United States Army Ordnance Corps[7]
Elevation above sea level
+1584[16]
Has facility
White Sands Missile Range solar furnace[13]
Operator
United States Army[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en WSPG en Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range en Alamogordo Bombing Range en New Mexico Joint Guided Missile Test Range en White Sands Missile Range en White Sands Proving Ground en WSMR ar ميدان صواريخ وايت ساندز es Campo de Misiles de Arenas Blancas fa حوزه موشکی وایت سندز fr centre de lancement de White Sands he מטווח הטילים וייט סנדס hu White Sands Rakétakísérleti Telep hu WSMR ja ホワイトサンズ・ミサイル実験場 ko 화이트 샌드 미사일 레인지 pt Linha de Mísseis de White Sands ru Уайт-Сэндс (полигон) uk Ракетний полігон «Вайт Сендс» vi Bãi thử nghiệm tên lửa White Sands
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Library of Congress authority ID
n82028923
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Hawk SAM.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
41301
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/White-Sands-Missile-Range
Freebase ID
/m/01rx7l
GNIS Feature ID
2444053
LoC HABS/HAER/HALS place ID
nm0138
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007557457505171
Quora topic ID
White-Sands-Missile-Range-NM
Topic's main category
Category:White Sands Missile Range
Yale LUX ID
group/5bc4f85e-64c8-4275-a81f-ee7e7eb63ce4

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🔗 Connections
Located in the administrative territorial entity 3
New Mexico, Otero County, Doña Ana County
← Start point 2
Apollo program, Constellation program
Belongs to 1
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
Commissioned by 1
United States Army Ordnance Corps
Country 1
United States
Instance of 1
spaceport
Located in this place 1
White Sands Test Facility
Located in time zone 1
Mountain Time Zone
Operator 1
United States Army
← Different from 1
White Sands National Park
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Located in the administrative territorial entity New Mexico high0.97contested11 independent sources

evidence “The US Army conducting live fire tests of the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico (file photo)” dailymail.com · read source

Related Entities

New Mexico United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [1] ↑ . www2.census.gov. www2.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . www2.census.gov. www2.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  2. 19w ago · הנדב הנכון · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Operator → United States Army
    Has facility → White Sands Missile Range solar furnace
    Inception → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Native label: White Sands Missile Range"
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