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Canopus 2

Launch vehicle · Argentina

Part of Rigel

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Argentinian sounding rocket. Single stage vehicle.

Payload: 50 kg (110 lb) to a 150 km altitude.

More at: Canopus 2.

Country: Argentina
Launch Sites: CELPA
Stages: Canopus
Agency: CONAE

Chronology

3 events

1969 April 16

Launch Site: CELPA. LV Family: Rigel. Launch Vehicle: Canopus 2.

Test mission - . Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).

1969 October 23

Launch Site: CELPA. LV Family: Rigel. Launch Vehicle: Canopus 2.

Test mission - . Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).

1969 December 23

Launch Site: CELPA. LV Family: Rigel. Launch Vehicle: Canopus 2.

Test / biology mission - . Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).