Aberporth Credit - © Mark Wade

The Aberporth military test range is located on Cardigan Bay on the west coast of Wales. It already became associated with solid rocket tests during the Second World War. Development of surface-to-air missiles began there in 1948 and tests were made of re-entry and high-speed aircraft shapes in the 1960's. Due to the military nature of the site, the only sounding rocket launches have been to support military test operations. These included 40 known launches from 1959 to 1972.

1959 June 29 - Launch Vehicle: Rook. FAILURE: Failure. Test mission Agency: RAE. Apogee: 0 km ( mi).

1959 July 7 - Launch Vehicle: Rook. FAILURE: Failure. Test mission Agency: RAE. Apogee: 0 km ( mi).

1959 October 22 - Launch Vehicle: Leopard. Leopard L2B FAILURE: Failure. Test mission Agency: RAE. Apogee: 0 km ( mi).

1960 January 2 - Launch Vehicle: Leopard. Leopard L1B FAILURE: Failure. Test mission Agency: RAE. Apogee: 0 km ( mi).

1960 January 7 - Launch Vehicle: Leopard. Leopard L1C FAILURE: Failure. Test mission Agency: RAE. Apogee: 0 km ( mi).

1960 February 23 - Launch Vehicle: Leopard. Leopard L1D Test mission Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1960 April 29 - Launch Vehicle: Leopard. Leopard L1F Test mission Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1960 April 29 - Launch Vehicle: Leopard. Leopard L1E Test mission Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1960 May 5 - Launch Vehicle: Leopard. Leopard L1G Test mission Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1960 May 27 - Launch Vehicle: Leopard. Leopard L3 Test mission Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1960 July 12 - Launch Vehicle: Leopard. Leopard L4 Test mission Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1960 July 14 - Launch Vehicle: Rook. Rook R1H Test mission Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1960 August 17 - Launch Vehicle: Jaguar. Jaguar 1 G1 Test mission Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1960 November 17 - Launch Vehicle: Rook. Rook R1I Test mission Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1961 April 26 - Launch Vehicle: Rook. Rook R1K Test mission Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1961 July 20 - Launch Vehicle: Leopard. Leopard L5 Test mission Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1961 August 24 - Launch Vehicle: Rook. Rook Ra23 Ranger 23 test Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1961 August 24 - Launch Vehicle: Rook. Ranger test Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1962 January 19 - Launch Vehicle: Rook. Rook Ra26 Ranger 26 test Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1962 November 30 - Launch Vehicle: Leopard. Leopard L6 Leopard 6 test Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1964 December 10 - Launch Vehicle: Rook. Rook Ra28 Ranger 28 test Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1965 May 12 - Launch Vehicle: Rook. Rook IIIA Ly4 Lynx 4 test Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1965 July 23 - Launch Vehicle: Rook. Rook Ra30 Ranger 30 test Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1967 July 11 - Launch Vehicle: Rook. Rook IIIA Ly6 Lynx 6 test Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1967 September 7 - Launch Vehicle: Rook. Rook Ra32 Ranger 32 test Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1969 July 3 - Launch Vehicle: Rook. Rook IIIA Ly5 Lynx 5 test Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1970 February 5 - Launch Vehicle: Rook. Rook IIIA Ly8 Lynx 8 test Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1971 January 14 - 11:38 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Skylark. Skylark 6 LT.1 DLR AB-GR-40 test Agency: BAC/DLR. Apogee: 7.00 km (4.30 mi).

1971 January 19 - Launch Vehicle: Skua. LV Model: Skua 1 . Skua M--320A Aeronomy mission Agency: UK MO. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1971 January 21 - Launch Vehicle: Skua. LV Model: Skua 1 . Skua M--322A Aeronomy mission Agency: UK MO. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1971 January 22 - Launch Vehicle: Skua. LV Model: Skua 1 . Skua M--324A Aeronomy mission Agency: UK MO. Apogee: 60 km (37 mi).

1971 January 26 - Launch Vehicle: Skua. LV Model: Skua 1 . Skua M--326A Aeronomy mission Agency: UK MO. Apogee: 61 km (37 mi).

1971 January 28 - Launch Vehicle: Skua. LV Model: Skua 1 . Skua M--328A Aeronomy mission Agency: UK MO. Apogee: 57 km (35 mi).

1971 February 4 - Launch Vehicle: Skua. LV Model: Skua 1 . Skua M--330A Aeronomy mission Agency: UK MO. Apogee: 62 km (38 mi).

1971 February 8 - Launch Vehicle: Skua. LV Model: Skua 1 . Skua M--332A Aeronomy mission Agency: UK MO. Apogee: 62 km (38 mi).

1971 February 10 - Launch Vehicle: Skua. LV Model: Skua 1 . Skua M--334A Aeronomy mission Agency: UK MO. Apogee: 62 km (38 mi).

1971 June 22 - Launch Vehicle: Rook. Rook IIIA Ori23 Test mission Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1971 July 3 - Launch Vehicle: Rook. Rook IIIA Ly7 Lynx 7 test Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1972 June 22 - Launch Vehicle: Rook. Rook Ba5 Badger 5 test Agency: RAE. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).