Corn Ranch

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Corn Ranch is the name of the spaceport in West Texas from which the flight tests of the New Shepard are carried out by Blue Origin.

Corn Ranch is located in Van Horn, Texas. The 165,000-acre (670 km²) land parcel was purchased by Internet billionaire Jeff Bezos. The first flight test took place on November 13, 2006. It is foreseen that commercial touristic flights could start as early as 2010.

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• Pictures of the spaceport
• USGS GNIS: Corn Ranch (locale)

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Coordinates: 31°25′24″N, 104°45′32″W