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Eniwetok
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 | Eniwetok
Credit - © Mark Wade
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Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Operator: USA. Country: USA. Latitude: 11°30' N. Longitude: 162°15' E. Nuclear test sites. Sounding rockets were launched from here to monitor nuclear blast effects and fallout from 22 October 1957.
Eniwetok Chronology and Launch Log
- 1957 September 25 - Shot 1 Test/Ionosphere mission Launch Vehicle: Farside. Failure. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
- 1957 October 3 - Shot 2 Test/Ionosphere mission Launch Vehicle: Farside. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).
- 1957 October 7 - Shot 3 Test/Ionosphere mission Launch Vehicle: Farside. Failure. Apogee: 700 km (430 mi).
- 1957 October 11 - Shot 4 Test/Ionosphere mission Launch Vehicle: Farside. Failure. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi).
- 1957 October 20 - Shot 5 Test/Ionosphere mission Launch Vehicle: Farside. Apogee: 5,000 km (3,100 mi).
- 1957 October 22 - Shot 6 Test/Ionosphere mission Launch Vehicle: Farside. Apogee: 5,000 km (3,100 mi).
- 1958 Aug - Aeronomy mission Launch Vehicle: Doorknob. Doorknob 1 Apogee: 84 km (52 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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