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Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Operator: USA. Country: Peru. Latitude: -12.50000 deg. Longitude: -76.80000 deg.

Sounding rocket launch site. In use from 1980 to 1990. Known to have been used for 23 launches in 1983, reaching up to 590 kilometers altitude.


General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology

1983 February 27 - 16:33 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Hawk. Nike Orion NASA 31.28UE Project Condor Plasma mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 140 km (80 mi).

1983 March 2 - 02:51 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Terrier. Terrier Malemute NASA 29.20UE CONDOR Plasma mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 590 km (360 mi).

1983 March 3 - 03:54 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Honest John. Taurus Orion NASA 33.26UE Project Condor Plasma mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1983 March 8 - 15:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Super Loki TU1-0380 CONDOR Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 82 km (50 mi).

1983 March 8 - 16:35 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Hawk. Nike Orion NASA 31.26GE Project Condor Plasma mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 140 km (80 mi).

1983 March 8 - 19:17 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Super Loki TU1-0388 CONDOR Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 65 km (40 mi).

1983 March 9 - 02:38 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Super Loki TU1-0358 Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 88 km (54 mi).

1983 March 9 - 03:06 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Hawk. Nike Orion NASA 31.27GE Project Condor Plasma mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 140 km (80 mi).

1983 March 9 - 03:27 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Hawk. Nike Orion NASA 31.32GE Project Condor Plasma mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 140 km (80 mi).

1983 March 9 - 03:52 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Super Loki TU1-0389 CONDOR Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 81 km (50 mi).

1983 March 9 - 05:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Super Loki TU1-0382 CONDOR Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 82 km (50 mi).

1983 March 9 - 05:32 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Super Loki TU1-0359 Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 79 km (49 mi).

1983 March 9 - 06:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Super Loki TU1-0385 Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 88 km (54 mi).

1983 March 9 - 07:46 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Super Loki TU1-0390 Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

1983 March 9 - 08:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Super Loki TU1-0386 Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 88 km (54 mi).

1983 March 9 - 08:57 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Hawk. Nike Orion NASA 31.33GE Project Condor Plasma mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 140 km (80 mi).

1983 March 9 - 09:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Super Loki TU1-0361 Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 85 km (52 mi).

1983 March 12 - 15:35 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Honest John. Taurus Orion NASA 33.27UE Project Condor Plasma mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1983 March 12 - 17:09 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Hawk. Nike Orion NASA 31.29UE Project Condor Plasma mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 140 km (80 mi).

1983 March 15 - 02:33 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Terrier. Terrier Malemute NASA 29.19UE CONDOR Plasma mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 520 km (320 mi).

1983 March 21 - 09:53 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Taurus Tomahawk NASA 34.10UE Project Condor Plasma mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).

1983 March 23 - 09:50 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Taurus Tomahawk NASA 34.09UE Project Condor Plasma mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).

1983 March 23 - 18:52 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Loki. Super Loki TU1-0391 Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 78 km (48 mi).


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