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Corn Ranch, commonly referred to as Launch Site One (LSO), is a spaceport owned and operated by Blue Origin which is located approximately 30 miles (48 km) north of the town of Van Horn, Texas, United States. The 165,000-acre (670 km 2) plot of land was purchased by Jeff Bezos in 2004.
Blue Origin’s launch site, sitting on land nearly 200 times the size of the neighboring town of Van Horn, is about a 20 minute drive from the border of Van Horn.
It is located in the West Texas region, 25 miles north of the town of Van Horn at 31.451646°+N, -104.762835°+W. Current launch license and experimental permits from the US government Federal Aviation Administration authorize flights of Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital system. [ 20 ]
Van Horn is the western terminus of U.S. Route 90; from Van Horn it leads southeast 73 miles (117 km) to Marfa. Texas State Highway 54 leads north from Van Horn 65 miles (105 km) to Pine Springs and the Guadalupe Mountains. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.3 km 2), all land. [5]
The arrival of Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has turned the once-sleepy West Texas town of Van Horn into a burgeoning space industry hub. In 2004, Bezos purchased the 30,000-acre Figure 2 Ranch just ...
Blue Origin launched 6 tourists to the edge of space from West Texas. ... Jeff Bezos' Launch Site One about 30 miles north of the town of Van Horn in Culberson County. The facilities are on a ...
Van Horn City-County Library. Culberson County was established in 1911 from El Paso County and named after David B. Culberson. [23] The county was organized in 1912. Van Horn became the county seat. [24] With the opening of the railways, ranchers began to settle in the county. Lobo was settled in part due to misrepresentation by promoters. A ...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Blue Origin announced that its next human flight is scheduled to lift off on Friday, Nov. 22 from its Launch Site One, which is about 25 miles north of Van Horn. The ...