Family of launch vehicles.
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Associated Launch Vehicles
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Orion-1 Argentinan sounding rocket. Technology test vehicle, used to verify rocket motor and technologies for Orion-2 sounding rocket. More...
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Orion-2 Argentinan sounding rocket. Single-stage solid-propellant sounding rocket first launched in 1965. The rocket could reach a top speed of 548 m/s. More...
Associated Launch Sites
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Wallops Island Small NASA launch site for sounding rocket launches and occasional Scout launches to orbit. Air launches are conducted from the Drop Zone Wallops Island, 37.00 N 72.0 W. With the last orbital launch in 1985 and the decline in sounding rocket launches, Wallops fell into near-disuse as a launch center. Its fortunes revised with the establishment of Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in 2005 and orbital launches resumed in 2010. More...
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CELPA Sounding rocket launch location known to have been used for 92 launches from 1962 to 1974, reaching up to 406 kilometers altitude. More...
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Tartagal Sounding rocket launch location known to have been used for 16 launches in 1966, reaching up to 90 kilometers altitude. More...
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Mar Chiquita Sounding rocket launch location known to have been used for 69 launches from 1968 to 1976, reaching up to 430 kilometers altitude. More...
IIAE Orion Chronology
1965 October 1 - .
Launch Site:
CELPA.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-1.
LV Configuration: Orion-1 No. 1.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).
1966 May 19 - .
Launch Site:
CELPA.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-2.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
1966 July 1 - .
Launch Site:
CELPA.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-1.
LV Configuration: Orion-1 No. 8.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).
1966 August 13 - .
Launch Site:
CELPA.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-2.
LV Configuration: Orion-2 No. 1.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 114 km (70 mi).
1966 September 1 - .
Launch Site:
CELPA.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-2.
LV Configuration: Orion-2 No. 4.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).
1966 November 4 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-2.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).
1966 November 7 - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-2.
FAILURE: Failure.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 0 km ( mi).
1966 November 9 - .
17:43 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Wallops Island.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-2.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 82 km (50 mi).
1966 November 12 - .
Launch Site:
Tartagal.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-2.
- Eclipse mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).
1966 November 12 - .
Launch Site:
Tartagal.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-2.
- Eclipse mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).
1966 November 12 - .
Launch Site:
Tartagal.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-2.
- Eclipse mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).
1967 September 6 - .
22:35 GMT - .
Launch Site:
CELPA.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-2.
LV Configuration: Orion-2 AER 1/67.
- Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).
1967 September 7 - .
06:05 GMT - .
Launch Site:
CELPA.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-2.
LV Configuration: Orion-2 AER 1/67-2.
- Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).
1967 September 7 - .
09:50 GMT - .
Launch Site:
CELPA.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-2.
LV Configuration: Orion-2 AER 1/67-3.
- Aeronomy mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).
1967 December 14 - .
23:00 GMT - .
Launch Site:
CELPA.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-2.
LV Configuration: Orion-2 Rad 1/67.
- X-ray astronomy mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 35 km (21 mi).
1967 December 16 - .
14:58 GMT - .
Launch Site:
CELPA.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-2.
LV Configuration: Orion-2 Rad 2/67.
- X-ray astronomy mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 70 km (43 mi).
1968 January 24 - .
11:30 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Mar Chiquita.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-2.
LV Configuration: Orion-2 Rad 2/68.
- Chemical release mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).
1969 May 28 - .
Launch Site:
CELPA.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-2.
LV Configuration: Orion-2 No. 26.
- Biological mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).
1969 August 30 - .
Launch Site:
CELPA.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-2.
LV Configuration: Orion-2 No. 27.
- Biological mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).
1969 August 30 - .
Launch Site:
CELPA.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-2.
LV Configuration: Orion-2 No. 31.
- X-ray astronomy mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).
1970 May 3 - .
12:45 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Mar Chiquita.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-2.
- Chemical release / fields mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi).
1971 December 19 - .
23:33 GMT - .
Launch Site:
CELPA.
LV Family:
IIAE Orion.
Launch Vehicle:
Orion-2.
LV Configuration: Orion-2 Campus.
- Test mission - .
Nation: Argentina. Agency: CONAE. Apogee: 106 km (65 mi).
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