Rocket Center, West Virginia

Rocket Center
Unincorporated community
Rocket Center Show map of West Virginia Rocket Center Show map of the US 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

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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