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Alternate Name: Walker Cay. Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Country: Bahamas. Latitude: 27.28000 deg. Longitude: -78.42000 deg. Sounding rocket launch location known to have been used for 5 launches from 1964 to 1966, reaching up to 200 kilometers altitude. Launch Pads
General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology 1964 April 1 - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 150 HITAB TSRA-2 Infrared Astronomy/Ultraviolet Astronomy mission Agency: NOTS. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 1964 May 28 - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 150 HITAB TSRA-1 Infrared Astronomy/Ultraviolet Astronomy mission Agency: NOTS. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 1964 July 17 - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 150 HITAB TIRA-2 Test/Infrared Astronomy/Ultraviolet Astronomy mission Agency: NOTS. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1964 December 11 - Launch Vehicle: Aerobee. Aerobee 150 HITAB TSRA-3 Infrared background mission Agency: NOTS. Apogee: 200 km (120 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. |