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Castor (A)
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Sounding rocket. Year: 1969. Family: Other Suborbital Vehicles. Country: Argentina. 2 stage vehicle consisting of 4 x Canopus + 1 x Canopus Manufacturer: IIAE. Launches: 6. Failures: 1. Success Rate: 83.33%. First Launch Date: 1969-12-22. Last Launch Date: 1979-03-22. Launch data is: complete. Apogee: 400 km (240 mi). Total Mass: 300 kg (660 lb). Core Diameter: 0.28 m (0.91 ft). Total Length: 7.00 m (22.90 ft).
Castor (A) Chronology 1969 December 22 - Launch Site: CELPA. Launch Vehicle: Castor (A). - Dummy St2 Test mission Nation: Argentina. Agency: IIAE. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). References: 1815.
1973 November 22 - Launch Site: CELPA. Launch Vehicle: Castor (A). - Ion beam Ionosphere mission Nation: Germany. Agency: MPE. Apogee: 406 km (252 mi). References: 572.
1975 September 30 - Launch Vehicle: Castor (A). - Ionosphere mission Nation: Germany. Agency: MPE. Apogee: 400 km (240 mi). Launched from Vicecomodoro Marambio Station, Graham Land, Antarctica - Latitude: 64.23 S - Longitude: 56.72 W. References: 572.
1975 October 3 - Launch Vehicle: Castor (A). - Ionosphere mission Nation: Germany. Agency: MPE. Apogee: 400 km (240 mi). Launched from Vicecomodoro Marambio Station, Graham Land, Antarctica - Latitude: 64.23 S - Longitude: 56.72 W. References: 572.
1979 March 21 - 23:49 GMT - Launch Site: Chilca. Launch Vehicle: Castor (A). FAILURE: Failure. - Spread F Barium release mission Nation: Germany. Agency: DFVLR. References: 1061.
1979 March 22 - 23:53 GMT - Launch Site: Chilca. Launch Vehicle: Castor (A). - Spread F Barium release mission Nation: Germany. Agency: DFVLR. Apogee: 268 km (166 mi). References: 1061.
Bibliography and Further Reading - McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
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