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Sounding rocket launches made from naval vessels in the Arctic accounted for 9 launches from 1952 to 2006, reaching up to 1000 kilometers altitude.

General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology

1952 August 21 - 06:25 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Rockoon. FAILURE: Failure. SUI 1 test Agency: SUI. Apogee: 11 km (6 mi). Launched at Arctic Ocean Launch Site 1 Launch Point 1 - - Latitude: 80.10 N - Longitude: 68.47 W.

1952 August 24 - 03:34 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Rockoon. FAILURE: Failure. SUI 2 test Agency: SUI. Apogee: 11 km (6 mi). Launched at Arctic Ocean Launch Site 1 Launch Point 2 - - Latitude: 77.52 N - Longitude: 73.50 W.

1952 August 29 - 00:26 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Rockoon. SUI 3 test Agency: SUI. Apogee: 61 km (37 mi). Launched at Arctic Ocean Launch Site 1 Launch Point 3 - - Latitude: 77.55 N - Longitude: 73.50 W.

1952 August 29 - 07:36 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Rockoon. SUI 4 Chemical release mission Agency: SUI. Apogee: 60 km (37 mi). Launched at Arctic Ocean Launch Site 1 Launch Point 4 - - Latitude: 77.53 N - Longitude: 73.50 W.

1952 August 29 - 18:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Rockoon. SUI 5 Chemical release mission Agency: SUI. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). Launched at Arctic Ocean Launch Site 1 Launch Point 5 - - Latitude: 77.35 N - Longitude: 73.48 W.

1952 August 31 - 21:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Rockoon. SUI 6 Chemical release mission Agency: SUI. Apogee: 60 km (37 mi). Launched at Arctic Ocean Launch Site 1 Launch Point 6 - - Latitude: 77.33 N - Longitude: 72.83 W.

1952 September 4 - 09:17 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Rockoon. SUI 7 Chemical release mission Agency: SUI. Apogee: 60 km (37 mi). Launched at Arctic Ocean Launch Site 1 Launch Point 7 - - Latitude: 77.18 N - Longitude: 70.22 W.

1995 August 25 - Launch Vehicle: R-39. Test mission Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

2006 September 9 - 11:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: R-29. Sineva VMF RF R-29RM test Agency: VMF RF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Submarine K-84 Ekaterinburg launched the missile while surfaced in the ice pack from a polar location toward the Chizha impact zone on the Kanin Peninsula. The three warheads were reported to have successfuly reached their targets. This was the first Russian launch from the icepack since 29 August 1995.

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