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Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Country: USA. Latitude: 70.10876 deg. Longitude: -143.63455 deg.

Sounding rocket launch location known to have been used for 3 launches in 1970, reaching up to 270 kilometers altitude.

General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology

1970 March 2 - 04:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.87GE Dual Ba 1A Plasma / barium release mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi).

1970 March 4 - 14:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.88GE Dual Ba 2A Plasma mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi).

1970 March 5 - 14:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.89GE Dual Ba 3A Plasma mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi).

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