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Alternate Name: Yuma Proving Ground. Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Country: USA. Latitude: 32.86000 deg. Longitude: -114.39700 deg. Sounding rocket launch location known to have been used for 16 launches in 1966, reaching up to 180 kilometers altitude. General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology 1966 November 17 - 01:41 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Martlet. Y-10 Meteorites mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 112 km (69 mi). 1966 November 17 - 02:41 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Martlet. Y-11 Meteorites mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 119 km (73 mi). 1966 November 17 - 05:32 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Martlet. Y-12 Meteorites mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 112 km (69 mi). 1966 November 17 - 07:16 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Martlet. Y-13 Meteorites mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). 1966 November 18 - Launch Vehicle: Martlet. Test mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 180 km (110 mi). A Martlet 2C launched from the 16 inch L86 gun established the world altitude record for a sub-orbital gun-launched projectile. A Martlet 2C was fired to an altitude of 180 km with a flight time of over 400 seconds. Launched from Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona - Latitude: 32.87 N, Longitude:114.32 W. 1966 November 19 - 01:18 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Martlet. Y-14 Meteorites mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). 1966 November 19 - 02:12 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Martlet. Y-15 Meteorites mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 127 km (78 mi). 1966 November 19 - 04:49 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Martlet. Y-16 Meteorites mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 139 km (86 mi). 1966 November 19 - 06:43 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Martlet. Y-17 Meteorites mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 138 km (85 mi). 1966 November 19 - 08:01 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Martlet. Y-18 Meteorites mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 144 km (89 mi). 1966 November 19 - 09:35 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Martlet. Y-19 Meteorites mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). 1966 November 19 - 11:52 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Martlet. Y-20 Meteorites mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 167 km (103 mi). 1966 November 20 - 02:45 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Martlet. Y-21 Meteorites mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 142 km (88 mi). 1966 November 20 - 04:21 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Martlet. Y-22 Meteorites mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 111 km (68 mi). 1966 November 20 - 05:37 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Martlet. Y-23 Meteorites mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 111 km (68 mi). 1966 November 20 - 06:59 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Martlet. Y-24 Meteorites mission Agency: USA. Apogee: 147 km (91 mi). Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments. Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site.. To contact astronauts or cosmonauts. © Mark Wade, 1997 - 2008 except where otherwise noted. |