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Nevada Test Site
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 | Nevada Test Site Credit - © Mark Wade
| Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Operator: USA. Country: USA. Latitude: 36°45' N. Longitude: 116°07' W. Nuclear test site. Sounding rockets and test vehicles have been launched in support of US nuclear weapons develoment from the site since the 1950's. Launch Pads - Latitude: 36.7500 N. Longitude: 116.1100 W. Launch Pads: 1. Castor-Orbus.
Nevada Test Site Chronology and Launch Log - 1997 February 10 06:30 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Castor-Orbus. Castor-Orbus Fusing Test LC: Area 26. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
- 1997 October 4 18:30 - Test mission Launch Vehicle: Castor-Orbus. Failure. Castor-Orbus Fusing Test LC: Area 26. Apogee: 100 km (60 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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