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Type: IRBM Base. Latitude: 29.79103 deg. Longitude: 30.58347 deg.

Ballistic missile launch location known to have been used for 3 launches from 1962 to 1963, reaching up to 80 kilometers altitude.


General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology

1962 July 21 - Launch Vehicle: Al Kahir. Test mission Agency: Egypt. Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).

1962 July 21 - Launch Vehicle: Al Kahir. Test mission Agency: Egypt. Apogee: 50 km (31 mi).

1963 May 1 - Launch Vehicle: Al Kahir. Meteorological test Agency: Egypt. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).


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