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Barter Island

Site · USA

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Sounding rocket launch location.

Family: Suborbital Launch Site, Tomahawk Sandia
Country: USA
Launch Vehicles: Nike Tomahawk

Chronology

3 events

1970 March 2

04:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Barter Island. LV Family: Tomahawk. Launch Vehicle: Nike Tomahawk.

Dual Ba 1A Plasma / barium release mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi).

1970 March 4

14:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Barter Island. LV Family: Tomahawk. Launch Vehicle: Nike Tomahawk.

Dual Ba 2A Plasma mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi).

1970 March 5

14:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Barter Island. LV Family: Tomahawk. Launch Vehicle: Nike Tomahawk.

Dual Ba 3A Plasma mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi).