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  Rocket Center Location within the state of West Virginia Show map of West Virginia Rocket Center Rocket Center (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Coordinates:39°33′40″N78°49′56″W / 39.56111°N 78.83222°W /39.56111; -78.83222 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Mineral |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1717905[1] |
Rocket Center, West Virginia is the site of a government installation known asAllegany Ballistics Laboratory, part of theNaval Sea Systems Command which is currently operated byNorthrop Grumman. Rocket Center shares aZIP Code withKeyser but is located 15 miles (24 km) north along theNorth Branch Potomac River inMineral County,West Virginia. There are no residents in Rocket Center.
Also on the site is the Robert C. Byrd Hilltop Office Complex and theRobert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing, both named for the second-longest-serving member of Congress, the lateUnited States SenatorRobert C. Byrd.[2]
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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