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Type: Sea Launch Area. Latitude: 47.50000 deg. Longitude: -4.50000 deg.

Submarine-launched ballistic missile launch area known to have been used for 4 launches from 1983 to 2005, reaching up to 800 kilometers altitude.

Launch Pads
  • CEL - Latitude: 47.5000 deg. Longitude: -4.5000 deg. SLBM Launch Zone, Bay of Biscay, off Brittany
  • ZLS - Latitude: 44.3600 deg. Longitude: -1.7000 deg. SLBM Launch Zone, Bay of Biscay, off Brittany, off Biscarosse
General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology

1983 - Launch Vehicle: MSBS. Test mission Agency: DMA. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi). Launched from Zone de lancement SNLE, Golfe de Gascogne, Bretagne - Latitude: 47.50 N - Longitude: 4.50 W.

2001 April 17 - 22:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MSBS. MSBS M45 4 M51 Research and development (to CSG) test Agency: DMA. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi). Launched from Zone de lancement SNLE, Golfe de Gascogne, Bretagne - Latitude: 47.50 N - Longitude: 4.50 W.

2004 June 1 - 22:01 GMT - Launch Vehicle: MSBS. MSBS M45 5 ME-34 Teutates test Agency: DMA. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi). Launched from Zone de lancement SNLE, Golfe de Gascogne, Bretagne - Latitude: 47.50 N - Longitude: 4.50 W.

2005 February 1 - Launch Vehicle: MSBS. MSBS M45 6? Agency: DMA. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).

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