Barbados
Barbados
Credit - © Mark Wade
Type: Orbital Launch Site. Operator: USA. Country: Barbados. Latitude: 13°04' N. Longitude: 59°29' W.

Sounding rocket launch site located on island in the Caribbean. It was also from here that Gerard Bull tested his Martlet series of gun-launched sounding rockets. In use from 1963.

Launch Pads
  • Name: HARP 40-cm Gun. Latitude: 13.0670 N. Longitude: 59.4830 W. Launch Pads: 1. Martlet 2, Martlet 3.
Barbados Chronology and Launch Log
  • 1963 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Martlet 2. LC: HARP. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

  • 1963 May 18 04:18 - STELLA Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Nike Apache. Nike Apache AC5.470 Apogee: 94 km (58 mi).

  • 1963 June 18 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Martlet 2. LC: HARP. Apogee: 92 km (57 mi).

  • 1963 September 5 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Martlet 3. LC: HARP. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). The Martlet 3A gun-launched rocket program began in the spring of 1963 with test flights beginning in September. Early Martlet 3A test flights were less then successful. At launch loads of 5000-6000 g’s the rocket motor fuel grain would fail.The Martlet 3A set a world record as the largest rocket launched from a gun.

  • 1964 Jan - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Martlet 2. LC: HARP. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

  • 1965 June 3 20:54 - Ionosphere mission Launch Vehicle: Martlet 2. LC: HARP. Apogee: 105 km (65 mi).

  • 1965 June 5 20:20 - Ionosphere mission Launch Vehicle: Martlet 2. LC: HARP. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi).

  • 1965 June 5 22:43 - Ionosphere mission Launch Vehicle: Martlet 2. LC: HARP. Apogee: 117 km (72 mi).

  • 1965 Jul - Ionosphere mission Launch Vehicle: Martlet 2. LC: HARP. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).

  • 1965 September 20 23:30 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Martlet 2. LC: HARP. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

  • 1965 September 21 00:52 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Martlet 2. LC: HARP. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

  • 1965 September 21 07:35 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Martlet 2. LC: HARP. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

  • 1965 September 21 04:24 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Martlet 2. LC: HARP. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

  • 1965 September 21 09:00 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Martlet 2. LC: HARP. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

  • 1965 September 22 23:24 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Martlet 2. LC: HARP. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

  • 1965 September 23 08:07 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Martlet 2. LC: HARP. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

  • 1965 September 23 07:15 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Martlet 2. LC: HARP. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

  • 1965 September 23 05:50 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Martlet 2. LC: HARP. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

  • 1965 September 23 09:05 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Martlet 2. LC: HARP. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

  • 1965 November 22 23:09 - MAXWELL Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Nike-Cajun. Nike Cajun Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

  • 1965 November 23 03:59 - PARAGON Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Nike-Cajun. Nike Cajun Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

  • 1965 November 23 10:16 - SEAWELL Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Nike-Cajun. Nike Cajun Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

  • 1965 November 23 06:31 - QUEENS FORT Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Nike-Cajun. Nike Cajun Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

  • 1965 November 23 08:28 - ROCKLEY Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Nike-Cajun. Nike Cajun Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

  • 1968 December 13 17:20 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Arcas. Apogee: 78 km (48 mi).

  • 1968 December 13 15:15 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Arcas. Apogee: 76 km (47 mi).

  • 1968 December 14 09:19 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Arcas. Apogee: 81 km (50 mi).

  • 1968 December 14 10:00 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Arcas. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

  • 1968 December 14 05:27 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Arcas. Apogee: 76 km (47 mi).

  • 1968 December 14 07:15 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Arcas. Apogee: 79 km (49 mi).

  • 1968 December 14 11:27 - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Arcas. Apogee: 79 km (49 mi).

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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