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Little Carter Bay

Site · Bahamas

Original archive entry. The text, images and links below are kept as they were written.

Sounding rocket launch location.

Subtopics

Country
Bahamas
Launch Vehicles
Aerobee 150, Nike Javelin

Chronology

6 events

1963 October 28

03:15 GMT - . Launch Site: Little Carter Bay. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150.
  • TSRA? - . Nation: Bahamas. Agency: NOTS. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1964 April 1

Launch Site: Little Carter Bay. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150.
  • TSRA-2 Infrared Astronomy/Ultraviolet Astronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NOTS. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1964 May 28

Launch Site: Little Carter Bay. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150.
  • TSRA-1 Infrared Astronomy/Ultraviolet Astronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NOTS. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1964 July 17

Launch Site: Little Carter Bay. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150.
  • TIRA-2 Test/Infrared Astronomy/Ultraviolet Astronomy mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NOTS. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).

1964 December 11

Launch Site: Little Carter Bay. LV Family: Aerobee. Launch Vehicle: Aerobee 150.
  • TSRA-3 Infrared background mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: NOTS. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1966 April 1

Launch Site: Little Carter Bay. Launch Complex: Little Carter Bay LC. LV Family: Hydac. Launch Vehicle: Nike Javelin.
  • Tech - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).