Patrick Air Force Base

Name:	Patrick Air Force Base
Category:	Military
Archive ID#:	FL3149
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Description:	Patrick AFB is the headquarters for military space launches and large missile tests on the East Coast. It is a 2,300 acre base, south of the Cape Canaveral Air Station, the complex's main launching area near the NASA's Kennedy Space Center, with which it is closely associated. Patrick AFB, together with the Cape Canaveral Air Station, employ 13,000 people.  Patrick AFB is part of the Eastern Missile Range, a complex of tracking stations and launch sites that originate here and extend 10,000 miles to the Indian Ocean. The Eastern Range includes five tracking stations in Florida, an Air Force Air Station 1,250 miles away on the island of Antigua, and one 5,000 miles away on Ascension Island.
Location:	69 miles E of Orlando (POINT(-80.605659484863 28.223340035672)) (show on map)
Address:	Patrick AFB FL, 32925
Visitor Info:	The Air Force Space Museum is located at the Cape Canaveral Air Station.
Links:	http://www.patrick.af.mil/
LCS:	Aerospace R&D, Military
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