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Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Country: Taiwan. Latitude: 22.67274 deg. Longitude: 120.46197 deg.

Sounding rocket launch location known to have been used for 5 launches from 1998 to 2006, reaching up to 282 kilometers altitude.

General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology

1998 December 15 - Launch Vehicle: Terrier. Sounding Rocket 1 Test flight test Agency: NSPO. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi).

2001 October 24 - 16:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Terrier. Sounding Rocket 2 FAILURE: Failure. TMA Aeronomy mission Agency: NSPO. Apogee: 2.00 km (1.20 mi).

2003 December 24 - 15:25 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Terrier. Sounding Rocket 3 TMA Aeronomy mission Agency: NSPO. Apogee: 265 km (164 mi).

2004 December 14 - 14:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Terrier. Sounding Rocket 4 Space science Ionosphere / aeronomy mission Agency: NSPO. Apogee: 265 km (164 mi).

2006 January 18 - 11:48 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Terrier. Sounding Rocket 5 Space science Ionosphere / aeronomy mission Agency: NSPO. Apogee: 282 km (175 mi).

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