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5 unusual facts about Kwajalein Atoll


Area code 805

Area code 805 also serves the U.S. military facilities in Kwajalein, Republic of the Marshall Islands with a Paso Robles prefix (805-355-xxxx).

CASSIOPE

The launch was originally scheduled for 2008 from Kwajalein Atoll.

Depressipoma kwajaleina

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands.

Rhomboid wrasse

The rhomboid wrasse, Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis, is a species of wrasse endemic to the Marshall Islands, where it is only known from Kwajalein Atoll.

USS PC-1141

On 7 August she got underway as escort unit of a convoy which arrived at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, on 17 August.


Air Marshall Islands

Air Marshall Islands has offices providing reservations & flight information services on Majuro and Ebeye on Kwajalein Atoll (during flight activities).

Falcon 1e

Falcon 1e launches were intended to occur from Omelek Island, part of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, and from Cape Canaveral, however SpaceX had announced that they would consider other locations as long as there is a "business case for establishing the requested launch site".

Georgia State Route 383

It is named after Lieutenant Colonel Aquilla James "Jimmie" Dyess, a United States Marine Corps officer who was a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life" at the head of his troops during World War II in the Battle of Kwajalein, on Roi-Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands on February 2, 1944.


see also

ALCOR

:ALCOR is a radar tracking station in Roi-Namur island in the north part of the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands.

Law enforcement in the Marshall Islands

Kwajalein Atoll is serviced by Alutiiq Security & Technology of Huntsville, Alabama.

MMW

MMW is a radar tracking station in Roi-Namur island in the north part of the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands

Omelek Island

The Reagan Test Site, which includes rocket launch sites on other islands in the Kwajalein Atoll, on Wake Island, and at Aur Atoll, is the only U.S. government equatorial launch facility.

TRADEX

TRADEX is a radar tracking station in Roi-Namur island in the north part of the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands