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Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Operator: Norway. Country: Norway. Latitude: 78.57057 deg. Longitude: 13.78539 deg.

Sounding rocket launch site, known to have been used for 41 launches from 1997 to 2004, reaching up to 1108 kilometers altitude. This launch site, on the arctic archipelago Svalbard, provides unique conditions for rocket studies of the dayside polar cusp, cleft and cap. The site is ideal for scientific exploration of the dayside aurora and processes in the magnetospheric boundary layer.

Launch Pads
  • LONG - Latitude: 78.2234 deg. Longitude: 15.6470 deg. Used by: Viper. First Launch: 2001-07-16. Last Launch: 2001-09-14. Number Launches: 30. Longyearbyen
General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology

1997 November 20 - 17:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: RH. RH-300 Mk II F-110 FAILURE: Failure. ISBJORN-1 Ionosphere mission Agency: NDRE. Apogee: 71 km (44 mi).

1997 November 20 - 19:34 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper 3A F-111 Mini-Dusty ISBJORN-2 (MD-5) Aeronomy mission Agency: NDRE?. Apogee: 97 km (60 mi).

1997 December 2 - 08:42 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Black Brant. LV Model: Black Brant 9 . Black Brant IX NASA 36.153IE Plasma mission Agency: NASA GSFC. Apogee: 433 km (269 mi).

1997 December 3 - 09:06 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Black Brant. LV Model: Black Brant 9 . Black Brant IX NASA 36.152IE Plasma mission Agency: NASA GSFC. Apogee: 446 km (277 mi).

2000 December 4 - 09:16 GMT - Launch Vehicle: S. SS-520 SS-520-2 Ionosphere mission Agency: ISAS. Apogee: 1,108 km (688 mi).

2002 December 14 - 11:16 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Black Brant. Black Brant 10CM1 NASA 35.033GE Plasma mission Agency: NASA GSFC. Apogee: 772 km (479 mi).

2003 July 1 - 09:23 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Hawk. Improved Orion ROMA RO-MI-01 ROMA 2003 Aeronomy mission Agency: DLR. Apogee: 85 km (52 mi).

2003 July 4 - 08:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Hawk. Improved Orion ROMA RO-MI-02 ROMA 2003 Aeronomy mission Agency: DLR. Apogee: 85 km (52 mi).

2003 July 6 - 08:23 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Hawk. Improved Orion ROMA RO-MI-03 ROMA 2003 Aeronomy mission Agency: DLR. Apogee: 85 km (52 mi).

2003 November 28 - 12:05 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Hawk. FAILURE: Failure. ICI-1 Plasma mission Agency: NDRE. Apogee: 12 km (7 mi).

2004 January 22 - 08:57 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Black Brant. Black Brant 10CM1 NASA 35.035UE SERSIO Plasma mission Agency: NASA GSFC. Apogee: 790 km (490 mi).

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