Centro de Experimentación y Lanzamiento de Proyectiles Autopropulsados

The Centro de Experimentación y Lanzamiento de Proyectiles Autopropulsados ( CELPA ) was a rocket launch site near Chamical in the province of La Rioja in Argentina at 30 ° 08 'south latitude and 66 ° 20' west longitude. CELPA was in operation from 1962 to 1973 and was mainly used to launch sounding rockets of the Centaure , Judi Dart , Orion , Rigel and Boosted Dart types .