Aberporth
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Original archive entry. The text, images and links below are kept as they were written.
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.
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- Jaguar, Suborbital Launch Site
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- UK
Chronology
44 events
1959 June 29
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Rook. FAILURE: Failure.- Test mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 0 km (0 mi).
1959 July 7
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Rook. FAILURE: Failure.- Test mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 0 km (0 mi).
1959 October 22
Launch Site: Aberporth. LV Family: Rook. Launch Vehicle: Leopard. FAILURE: Failure.- Test mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 0 km (0 mi).
1960 January 2
Launch Site: Aberporth. LV Family: Rook. Launch Vehicle: Leopard. FAILURE: Failure.- Test mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 0 km (0 mi).
1960 January 7
Launch Site: Aberporth. LV Family: Rook. Launch Vehicle: Leopard. FAILURE: Failure.- Test mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 0 km (0 mi).
1960 February 23
Launch Site: Aberporth. LV Family: Rook. Launch Vehicle: Leopard.- Test mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1960 April 21
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Blue Water.- Flight 1 - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).
1960 April 26
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Blue Water.- Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).
1960 April 29
Launch Site: Aberporth. LV Family: Rook. Launch Vehicle: Leopard.- Test mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1960 April 29
Launch Site: Aberporth. LV Family: Rook. Launch Vehicle: Leopard.- Test mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1960 May 5
Launch Site: Aberporth. LV Family: Rook. Launch Vehicle: Leopard.- Test mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1960 May 27
Launch Site: Aberporth. LV Family: Rook. Launch Vehicle: Leopard.- Test mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1960 July 12
Launch Site: Aberporth. LV Family: Rook. Launch Vehicle: Leopard.- Test mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1960 July 14
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Rook.- Test mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1960 August 17
Launch Site: Aberporth. LV Family: Rook. Launch Vehicle: Jaguar 1.- Test mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1960 November 17
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Rook.- Test mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1961 April 26
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Rook.- Test mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1961 July 20
Launch Site: Aberporth. LV Family: Rook. Launch Vehicle: Leopard.- Test mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1961 August 24
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Rook.- Ranger test - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1961 August 24
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Rook.- Ranger 23 test - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1962 January 19
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Rook.- Ranger 26 test - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1962 June 7
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Blue Water.- Flight 15 - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).
1962 November 30
Launch Site: Aberporth. LV Family: Rook. Launch Vehicle: Leopard.- Leopard 6 test - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1964 December 10
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Rook.- Ranger 28 test - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1965 May 12
Launch Site: Aberporth. LV Family: Rook. Launch Vehicle: Rook IIIA.- Lynx 4 test - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1965 July 23
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Rook.- Ranger 30 test - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1967 July 11
Launch Site: Aberporth. LV Family: Rook. Launch Vehicle: Rook IIIA.- Lynx 6 test - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1967 September 7
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Rook.- Ranger 32 test - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1969 July 3
Launch Site: Aberporth. LV Family: Rook. Launch Vehicle: Rook IIIA.- Lynx 5 test - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1970 February 5
Launch Site: Aberporth. LV Family: Rook. Launch Vehicle: Rook IIIA.- Lynx 8 test - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1971 January 14
11:38 GMT - . Launch Site: Aberporth. LV Family: Skylark. Launch Vehicle: Skylark 6.1971 January 19
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Skua.1971 January 21
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Skua.1971 January 22
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Skua.1971 January 26
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Skua.1971 January 28
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Skua.1971 February 4
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Skua.1971 February 8
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Skua.1971 February 10
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Skua.1971 June 22
Launch Site: Aberporth. LV Family: Rook. Launch Vehicle: Rook IIIA.- Test mission - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1971 July 3
Launch Site: Aberporth. LV Family: Rook. Launch Vehicle: Rook IIIA.- Lynx 7 test - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1972 June 22
Launch Site: Aberporth. Launch Vehicle: Rook.- Badger 5 test - . Nation: UK. Agency: Royal Aerospace Establishment. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).