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Kindley
Credit - © Mark Wade

Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Operator: UK. Country: UK. Latitude: 32.36179 deg. Longitude: -64.68583 deg.

Weather rocket launch site, known to have been used for 21 launches from 1962 to 1971, reaching up to 90 kilometers altitude.

Launch Pads

COOP - Latitude: 32.3618 deg. Longitude: -64.6858 deg. Used by: Arcas, Deacon. First Launch: 1962-01-21. Last Launch: 1966-02-11. Number Launches: 14. Kindley AFB, Coopers Island

General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology

1964 August 18 - Launch Vehicle: Arcas. Reentry 4 Calibration Meteorological mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 60 km (37 mi).

1964 August 18 - Launch Vehicle: Arcas. Reentry 4 Calibration (1of6) Meteorological mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 60 km (37 mi).

1970 October 1 - 22:01 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Rocketsonde. Met Para, Arcasonde Agency: MRN. Apogee: 56 km (34 mi).

1971 June 20 - 15:27 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Arcas. PAET Arcasonde Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA ARC. Apogee: 55 km (34 mi).

1971 June 20 - 17:27 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Viper. PAET Sphere Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA ARC. Apogee: 85 km (52 mi).

1971 June 20 - 22:59 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Arcas. PAET Arcasonde Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA ARC. Apogee: 55 km (34 mi).

1971 June 21 - 00:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Viper. PAET Sphere Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA ARC. Apogee: 85 km (52 mi).

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