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Rocket Center, West Virginia

Coordinates: 39°33′40″N 78°49′56″W / 39.56111°N 78.83222°W / 39.56111; -78.83222
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Rocket Center
Rocket Center is located in West Virginia
Rocket Center
Rocket Center
Location within the state of West Virginia
Rocket Center is located in the United States
Rocket Center
Rocket Center
Rocket Center (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°33′40″N 78°49′56″W / 39.56111°N 78.83222°W / 39.56111; -78.83222
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyMineral
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1717905[1]

Rocket Center, West Virginia is the site of a government installation known as Allegany Ballistics Laboratory, part of the Naval Sea Systems Command which is currently operated by Northrop Grumman. Rocket Center shares a ZIP Code with Keyser but is located 15 miles (24 km) north along the North Branch Potomac River in Mineral County, West Virginia. There are no residents in Rocket Center.

Also on the site is the Robert C. Byrd Hilltop Office Complex and the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing, both named for the second-longest-serving member of Congress, the late United States Senator Robert C. Byrd.[2]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rocket Center, West Virginia
  2. ^ Miller, Megan; Spradlin, Kevin (May 24, 2010). "ATK blast rocks area". Cumberland Times-News. Retrieved July 15, 2017.