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Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Country: Cook Islands. Latitude: -21.20237 deg. Longitude: -159.80614 deg.

Sounding rocket launch location known to have been used for 5 launches in 1965, reaching up to 270 kilometers altitude.


General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology

1965 May 30 - 20:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Nike Tomahawk-9 Sandia 152-74 LASL Eclipse Solar x-ray mission Agency: Sandia. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi).

1965 May 30 - 20:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Nike Tomahawk-9 Sandia 152-76 LASL Eclipse Solar x-ray mission Agency: Sandia. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi).

1965 May 30 - 20:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Nike Tomahawk-9 Sandia 152-75 LASL Eclipse Solar x-ray mission Agency: Sandia. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi).

1965 May 30 - 20:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Nike Tomahawk-9 Sandia 152-77 LASL Eclipse Solar x-ray mission Agency: Sandia. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi).

1965 May 30 - 20:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Nike Tomahawk-9 Sandia 152-78 LASL Eclipse Solar x-ray mission Agency: Sandia. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi).


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