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White Sands NLA
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Navy Launch Area - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Pads: 1. Latitude: 32.3900 N. Longitude: 106.3500 W. Viking. - 1952 June 6 17:30 - Viking 8 Test mission Launch Vehicle: Viking. Failed on static firing. Accidentally launched during ground test.. Viking Type 9 8 Apogee: 6.00 km (3.70 mi). Surge in thrust ripped rocket from the two bolts holding it to the pad and it flew horizontally across the launch site. Reached 6 km.
- 1952 December 15 21:38 - Viking 9 Solar mission Launch Vehicle: Viking. Viking Type 9 9 Apogee: 217 km (134 mi). Solar and cosmic radiation; photography research. Ran out of fuel. Launched at 1438 local time. Reached 219 km.
- 1954 May 7 17:00 - Viking 10 Aeronomy/Ionosphere mission Launch Vehicle: Viking. Viking Type 9 10 Apogee: 219 km (136 mi). Check power plant, controls, performance, and skin temperatures; upper-air pressure, density, winds, ionisation; cosmic rays; photography research. Launched at 1000 local time. Reached 219 km.
- 1954 May 24 17:00 - Viking 11 re-entry vehicle test flight Launch Vehicle: Viking. Viking Type 9 11 Apogee: 254 km (157 mi). Re-entry nose-cone heat transfer experiment; photography research. Launched at 1000 local time. Reached 254 km. The rocket was turned by 180 degrees at apogee and the nose cone separated, diving back down into the atmosphere.
- 1955 February 4 21:55 - Viking 12 re-entry vehicle test flight Launch Vehicle: Viking. Viking Type 9 12 Apogee: 231 km (143 mi). Re-entry nose-cone heat transfer experiment; photography; atmosphere research. Launched at 1455 local time. Reached 232 km.
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