Rocket Center, West Virginia

Rocket Center
Unincorporated community
Rocket Center

Location within the state of West Virginia

Coordinates: 39°33′40″N 78°49′56″W / 39.56111°N 78.83222°W / 39.56111; -78.83222Coordinates: 39°33′40″N 78°49′56″W / 39.56111°N 78.83222°W / 39.56111; -78.83222
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Mineral
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID 1717905[1]

Rocket Center, West Virginia is the site of a government installation known as Allegany Ballistics Laboratory, part of the Naval Sea Systems Command which is currently operated by Alliant Techsystems. Rocket Center shares a ZIP Code with Keyser but is located 15 miles (24 km) north along the North Branch Potomac River in Mineral County, West Virginia. There are no residents in Rocket Center.

Also on the site is the Robert C. Byrd Hilltop Office Complex and the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing, both named for the second-longest-serving member of Congress, the late United States Senator Robert C. Byrd.

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