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Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Operator: USA. Country: USA. Latitude: 18.49601 deg. Longitude: -67.12623 deg.

Sounding rocket launch site used in support of high-altitude monitoring after Project Argus nuclear tests. Six launches in 1958 reached up to 825 kilometers altitude.


General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology

1958 August 20 - 11:27 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Jason. Jason Jason 1841 Nuclear test observation mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).

1958 August 27 - 04:24 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Jason. Jason Jason 1914 Nuclear test observation mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).

1958 August 27 - 06:42 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Jason. Jason Jason 1917 Nuclear test observation mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 817 km (507 mi).

1958 August 30 - 05:52 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Jason. Jason Jason 2023 Nuclear test observation mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 825 km (512 mi).

1958 August 30 - 23:03 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Jason. Jason Jason 2026 Nuclear test observation mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).

1958 September 2 - 19:02 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Jason. Jason Jason 2041 Nuclear test observation mission Agency: USAF. Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).


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