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Type: Air Drop Zone. Latitude: 29.00000 deg. Longitude: -79.00000 deg. Air-launched rocket drop zone known to have been used for 13 launches from 1958 to 1962, reaching up to 580 kilometers altitude. General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology 1958 September 5 - Launch Vehicle: High Virgo. High Virgo satellite interceptor mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 13 km (8 mi). 1958 December 19 - Launch Vehicle: High Virgo. High Virgo satellite interceptor mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 76 km (47 mi). 1959 April 4 - Launch Vehicle: Bold Orion. LV Model: Bold Orion 2 . Bold Orion-2 Interceptor mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 1959 June 4 - Launch Vehicle: High Virgo. High Virgo satellite interceptor mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 51 km (31 mi). 1959 June 8 - Launch Vehicle: Bold Orion. LV Model: Bold Orion 2 . Bold Orion-1 Interceptor mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). 1959 September 22 - Launch Vehicle: High Virgo. FAILURE: Failure. High Virgo satellite interceptor mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 12 km (7 mi). 1959 October 13 - Launch Vehicle: Bold Orion. LV Model: Bold Orion 2 . Bold Orion-2 Interceptor mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 1962 April 19 - Launch Vehicle: Skybolt. Skybolt ALBM 20025 FAILURE: Failure. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1962 June 29 - Launch Vehicle: Skybolt. Skybolt ALBM 20026 FAILURE: Failure. No burn test Agency: USAF. Apogee: 12 km (7 mi). 1962 September 13 - Launch Vehicle: Skybolt. Skybolt ALBM 20027 FAILURE: Failure. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1962 September 25 - 14:09 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Skybolt. Skybolt ALBM 20028 FAILURE: Failure. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 15 km (9 mi). 1962 November 28 - 18:45 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Skybolt. Skybolt ALBM 20031 FAILURE: Failure. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1962 December 22 - 14:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Skybolt. Skybolt ALBM 20032 Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 580 km (360 mi). Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments. Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site.. To contact astronauts or cosmonauts. © Mark Wade, 1997 - 2008 except where otherwise noted. |