Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment System (RAID)

Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment System (RAID) is a building in Madison, Alabama.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Marshall Space Flight Center and Interim Test Stand.

Marshall Space Flight Center

Research institute

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Marshall Space Flight Center, located in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the U.S. government's civilian rocketry and spacecraft propulsion research center. Marshall Space Flight Center is situated 1½ miles northwest of Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment System (RAID).

Interim Test Stand

Tower

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

The Redstone Test Stand or Interim Test Stand was used to develop and test fire the Redstone missile, Jupiter-C sounding rocket, Juno I launch vehicle and Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle. Interim Test Stand is situated 4,100 feet west of Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment System (RAID).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lily Flagg and Triana.

Lily Flagg

Hamlet

Signal's Lily Flagg 31035, also spelled Flag, was a Jersey cow, the top butter producer in the world in 1892, owned by W. E. Matthews and General Samuel H. Lily Flagg is situated 5 miles east of Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment System (RAID).

Triana

Town

Photo: Spyder Monkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Triana is a municipality in southwest Madison County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville–Decatur–Albertville combined statistical area. The population was 2,890 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 4,936 in 2024. Triana is situated 6 miles southwest of Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment System (RAID).

Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment System (RAID)

Type: Building
Location: Madison, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.62997° or 34° 37′ 48″ north

Longitude

-86.65287° or 86° 39′ 10″ west

Elevation

610 feet (186 metres)

Open location code

866MJ8HW+XV

GeoNames ID

7308248

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