Barbados home
topic index
Barbados
Credit - © Mark Wade
Type: Orbital Launch Site. Operator: USA. Country: Barbados. Latitude: 13.07703 deg. Longitude: -59.47583 deg.

Sounding rocket launch site located on island in the Caribbean. It was also from here that Gerard Bull tested his Martlet series of gun-launched sounding rockets. Known to have been used for 40 launches from 1963 to 1968, reaching up to 150 kilometers altitude.


Launch Pads
  • HARP - Latitude: 13.0770 deg. Longitude: -59.4758 deg. Used by: 7 inch HARP Gun, Martlet. First Launch: 1963-01-01. Last Launch: 1966-02-25. Number Launches: 28. HARP 40-cm Gun, Seawell

General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology

1965 November 22 - 23:09 GMT - Launch Vehicle: 7 inch HARP Gun. MAXWELL Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1965 November 23 - 03:59 GMT - Launch Vehicle: 7 inch HARP Gun. PARAGON Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1965 November 23 - 06:31 GMT - Launch Vehicle: 7 inch HARP Gun. QUEENS FORT Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1965 November 23 - 08:28 GMT - Launch Vehicle: 7 inch HARP Gun. ROCKLEY Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1965 November 23 - 10:16 GMT - Launch Vehicle: 7 inch HARP Gun. SEAWELL Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1968 December 13 - 15:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Arcas. Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF?. Apogee: 76 km (47 mi).

1968 December 13 - 17:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Arcas. Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF?. Apogee: 78 km (48 mi).

1968 December 14 - 05:27 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Arcas. Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF?. Apogee: 76 km (47 mi).

1968 December 14 - 07:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Arcas. Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF?. Apogee: 79 km (49 mi).

1968 December 14 - 09:19 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Arcas. Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF?. Apogee: 81 km (50 mi).

1968 December 14 - 10:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Arcas. Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF?. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

1968 December 14 - 11:27 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Arcas. Aeronomy mission Agency: USAF?. Apogee: 79 km (49 mi).


Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments.
Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site..
To contact astronauts or cosmonauts.

© Mark Wade, 1997 - 2008 except where otherwise noted.