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Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Country: USA. Latitude: 29.67729 deg. Longitude: -85.34588 deg.

Base for missile and rocket testing range over the Gulf of Mexico. Missile and sounding rocket launch location known to have been used for 11 launches from 1967 to 1992, reaching up to 169 kilometers altitude.

General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology

1967 April 12 - 23:57 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Nike. Nike Iroquois CRL AG07.623 TMA Aeronomy mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 169 km (105 mi).

1967 April 18 - 09:25 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Nike. Nike Iroquois CRL AF07.625 TMA Aeronomy mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1967 November 29 - 22:51 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Nike. Nike Iroquois CRL AF07.661 Smoke Aeronomy mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 122 km (75 mi).

1967 December 3 - 22:53 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Nike. Nike Iroquois CRL AF07.662 Smoke Aeronomy mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 124 km (77 mi).

1967 December 16 - 22:58 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Nike. Nike Iroquois CRL AG07.663 Smoke Aeronomy mission Agency: AFCRL. Apogee: 127 km (78 mi).

1970 March 7 - 16:51 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Nike. Nike Iroquois CRL A07.015-1 Sphere Eclipse aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 105 km (65 mi).

1970 March 7 - 18:09 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Nike. Nike Iroquois CRL A07.024-1 O2-OH / Soft X Eclipse aeronomy / solar x-ray mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 97 km (60 mi).

1970 March 7 - 18:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Nike. Nike Iroquois CRL A07.016-1 Sphere Eclipse aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 69 km (42 mi).

1970 March 7 - 19:25 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Nike. Nike Iroquois CRL A07.016-2 Sphere Eclipse aeronomy mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 152 km (94 mi).

1970 March 7 - 19:44 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Nike. Nike Iroquois CRL A07.024-2 Composition / Soft X Eclipse aeronomy / solar x-ray mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 99 km (61 mi).

1992 August 22 - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Aeronomy mission Agency: SPFLA. Apogee: 82 km (50 mi).

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