Al Kahir
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Ballistic missile launch location.
Related
- Family
- IRBM Base
- Country
- Egypt
- Launch Vehicles
- Al Kahir missile
Chronology
4 events
1961 November 14
Launch Site: Al Kahir. Launch Vehicle: Al Zahar.- Egypt first rocket launch. - .
Nation: Egypt.
Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).
United Arab Republic neither confirmed nor denied reports of November 8 that it had successfully launched its first rocket. Dr. Eugen Saenger of the Stuttgart Jet Propulsion Institute in Germany denied any connection with the United Arab Republic program as charged by Israel.