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Type: Air Drop Zone. Latitude: 34.96750 deg. Longitude: -117.85381 deg.

Air-launched rocket drop zone known to have been used for 3 launches in 1959, reaching up to 117 kilometers altitude.


General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology

1959? - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Model A (F1) test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 74 km (45 mi).

1959? - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Model A (F2) test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 117 km (72 mi).

1959? - Launch Vehicle: Viper. NOTS Viperscan test Agency: NASA. Apogee: 71 km (44 mi).


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