Nevada Test Site
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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