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Type: Air Drop Zone. Latitude: 21.50000 deg. Longitude: -71.00000 deg. Rocket air-launch position known to have been used for 7 launches from 1976 to 1978, reaching up to 10 kilometers altitude. General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology 1959 April 23 - Launch Vehicle: Hound Dog. Hound Dog 001 Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi). First Hound Dog test launch. 1974 August 20 - 11:09 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. FAILURE: Failure. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1975 March 25 - 12:01 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1975 April 21 - 12:35 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1975 May 12 - 11:24 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1975 May 12 - 11:54 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1975 May 23 - 11:35 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1975 May 23 - 11:58 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1975 November 13 - 13:16 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1975 November 14 - 12:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1975 November 24 - 13:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1976 April 14 - 12:01 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1976 April 14 - 12:21 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1976 December 14 - 12:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1976 December 14 - 12:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1977 April 14 - 11:59 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. SRAM Case 29 Test mission Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1977 December 14 - 12:54 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. SRAM Case 33 Test mission Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1978 March 1 - 12:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. SRAM Case 34 Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1978 July 20 - 11:49 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. SRAM Case 30 Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1978 December 13 - 11:58 GMT - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. SRAM Case 33 Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1979 January 17 - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1979 January 19 - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1979 January 19 - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1979 February 7 - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1979 November 28 - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1979 December 12 - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1979 December 12 - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1980 February 6 - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1980 November 5 - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1981 December 9 - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. SRAM Case 85 Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1983 June 22 - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1983 July 26 - Launch Vehicle: SRAM. Test mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments. Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site.. To contact astronauts or cosmonauts. © Mark Wade, 1997 - 2008 except where otherwise noted. |