Starfire Optical Range
Starfire Optical Range is a United States Air Force research laboratory on the Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Its primary duty, according to the official website, is to "develop and demonstrate optical wavefront control technologies." The range is a secure lab facility and is a division of the Directed Energy Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Military installation
- …is also known as “SOR”
- Description: U.S. Air Force optical research laboratory
- Category: laboratory
- Location
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Latitude
34.96362° or 34° 57′ 49″ north
Longitude
-106.46263° or 106° 27′ 46″ west
Open location code
856MXG7P+CW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
OpenStreetMap feature
military=research
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Starfire Optical Range” goes by many names.
مجموعة نار النجوم الضوئيةArabic
スターファイア光学実験場Japanese
اساوآرPersian
ستاره آتش محدوده نوریPersian
Starfire Optical RangePolish
Starfire Optical RangeRussian
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