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Old 17th Mar 2010, 22:21
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Ten West
 
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I seem to recall that the divert field for the shuttle was in Spain? Could be wrong though.

No, a quick Google reveals that I'm right. For once!

Trans-Oceanic Abort Landing sites:

UK: Fairford.
Spain: Moron de la Frontera (Moron)

Space Shuttle abort modes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In the event of an emergency deorbit that would bring the Orbiter down in an area not within range of a designated emergency landing site, the Orbiter is theoretically capable of landing on any paved runway that is at least 3 km (1.9 mi) long, which includes the majority of large commercial airports. (In practice, a US military airfield would probably be preferred for reasons of security arrangements and minimizing the disruption of commercial air traffic.)

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