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Bikini
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Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Operator: USA. Country: USA. Latitude: 11.61498 deg. Longitude: 165.55293 deg.

Nuclear test site. Sounding rockets were launched from here to monitor blast and fallout of nuclear explosions. Bikini was known to have been used for 13 launches from 1956 to 1956, reaching up to 75 kilometers altitude.

General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology

1956 April 1 - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Loki Dart WASP 1 Aeronomy mission Agency: USN JTF-7. Apogee: 75 km (46 mi).

1956 May 1 - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Loki Dart WASP 1 Aeronomy mission Agency: USN JTF-7. Apogee: 75 km (46 mi).

1956 May 1 - Launch Vehicle: Asp. Redwing 2 (to 40) Aeronomy mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi).

1956 May 1 - Launch Vehicle: Asp. Redwing 1 Aeronomy mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi).

1956 June 1 - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Loki Dart WASP 1 Aeronomy mission Agency: USN JTF-7. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi).

1956 June 1 - Launch Vehicle: Asp. Redwing 2 (to 40) Aeronomy mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi).

1956 July 1 - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Loki Dart WASP 1 Aeronomy mission Agency: USN JTF-7. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi).

1956 July 1 - Launch Vehicle: Asp. Redwing 2 (to 40) Aeronomy mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi).

1956 July 21 - Launch Vehicle: Asp. PMR Redwing 41 Aeronomy mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi).

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