Punta Lobos
Coordinates: 12 ° 30 ′ 21 ″ S , 76 ° 48 ′ 1 ″ W.
Punta Lobos (also called Chilca ) is a launch site for sounding rockets and research balloons in Peru . It is located near the town of Chilca in the Pucusana district, about 70 km south of the center of Lima .
After the founding of the Peruvian space agency CONIDA , a rocket launch site was built on the Pacific coast in 1974. Its proximity to the magnetic equator makes it particularly suitable for exploring the ionosphere .
The area belongs to the Peruvian Air Force . The main building offers space for offices, the control center and scientific equipment. The launch complex is about 1.5 km southwest of it. The facilities for preparation, integration, testing and start are located here.
In cooperation with foreign authorities, sounding rockets of various types were launched from here between 1974 and 1983. During the first take-off on March 29, 1974 (local time: March 28), a Canadian Black Brant 4B reached an altitude of 742 km. The Peruvian rocket Paulet I has been taking off from here since 2006 .
Centro Nacional de Operaciones de Imágenes Satelitales (CNOIS)
At the end of 2015, the Centro Nacional de Operaciones de Imágenes Satelitales (CNOIS) was opened here, which was built on an area of 3,600 square meters .
- Centro Nacional de Operaciones de Imágenes Satelitales (CNOIS)
Start list of sounding rockets
As of October 18, 2014
Date, time ( UTC ) | Launcher | authority | Summit height (km) |
---|---|---|---|
March 29, 1974, 2:00 am | Black Brant 4B | Aerospace Corporation | 742 |
May 24, 1974, 1:00 am | Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.170GE | NASA | 338 |
May 24, 1974, 01:05 | Super Arcas NASA 15.139UE | NASA | 93 |
May 24, 1974, 01:52 | Super Arcas NASA 15.133GM | NASA | 71 |
May 24, 1974, 6:55 am | Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.171GE | NASA | 324 |
May 24, 1974, 7:05 am | Super Arcas NASA 15.140UE | NASA | 91 |
May 24, 1974, 7:44 am | Super Arcas NASA 15.134GM | NASA | 88 |
May 24, 1974, 8:42 am | Super Arcas NASA 15.135GM | NASA | 67 |
May 24, 1974, 2:24 pm | Super Loki G 1-7743 | NASA | 70 |
May 24, 1974, 7:00 p.m. | Super Loki G 1-7742 | NASA | 70 |
May 25, 1974, 7:44 pm | Super Loki G 1-7744 | NASA | 69 |
May 27, 1974,? | Nike Apache NASA 14.531UA | NASA | 127 |
May 27, 1974, 8:01 am | Nike Apache NASA 14.530UA | NASA | 127 |
May 28, 1974, 7:30 p.m. | Super Arcas NASA 15.142UE | NASA | 86 |
May 28, 1974, 8:26 pm | Nike Apache NASA 14.532UE | NASA | 191 |
May 28, 1974, 9:16 pm | Super Arcas NASA 15.141UE | NASA | 82 |
May 29, 1975, 3:55 am | Nike Apache NASA 14.538UA | NASA | 131 |
May 30, 1975, 4:35 am | Nike Apache NASA 14.524UE | NASA | 187 |
June 2, 1975 at 5:11 am | Nike Apache NASA 14.525UE | NASA | 187 |
June 3, 1975, 4:14 pm | Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.149GE | NASA | 20 (bust) |
June 3, 1975, 4:41 pm | Nike Apache NASA 14.540CA | NASA | 204 |
7 June 1975, 4:07 pm | Nike Tomahawk | NASA | 259 |
June 7, 1975, 4:25 pm | Nike Apache | NASA | 197 |
March 21, 1979, 11:49 pm | Castor (A) | DFVLR | 0 (failure) |
March 22, 1979, 11:53 pm | Castor (A) | DFVLR | 268 |
23 October 1979, 11:04 pm | Nike Nike GL A45.803-1 | US Air Force Geophysics Laboratory | 50 |
October 24, 1979, 11:24 pm | Nike Nike GL A45.803-2 | US Air Force Geophysics Laboratory | 50 |
29 October 1979, 11:04 pm | Nike Nike GL A45.803-3 | US Air Force Geophysics Laboratory | 50 |
February 27, 1983, 4:33 pm | Nike Orion NASA 31.28UE | NASA | 140 |
March 2, 1983, 2:51 am | Terrier Malemute NASA 29.20UE | NASA | 590 |
March 3, 1983, 3:54 am | Taurus Orion NASA 33.26UE | NASA | 200 |
March 8, 1983, 3:15 p.m. | Super Loki TU1-0380 | NASA | 82 |
March 8, 1983, 4:35 pm | Nike Orion NASA 31.26GE | NASA | 140 |
March 8, 1983, 5:16 pm | Super Arcas NASA 15.218UE | NASA | 80 |
March 8, 1983, 7:17 pm | Super Loki TU1-0388 | NASA | 65 |
March 8, 1983, 10:00 p.m. | Super Arcas NASA 15.223UE | NASA | 80 |
March 8, 1983, 11:27 pm | Super Arcas NASA 15.221UE | NASA | 80 |
March 9, 1983, 1:00 am | Super Arcas NASA 15.220UE | NASA | 80 |
March 9, 1983, 2:25 am | Super Loki TU1-0381 PWN-12A | NASA | 80 |
March 9, 1983, 2:38 am | Super Loki TU1-0358 | NASA | 88 |
March 9, 1983, 3:06 am | Nike Orion NASA 31.27GE | NASA | 140 |
March 9, 1983, 3:27 am | Nike Orion NASA 31.32GE | NASA | 140 |
March 9, 1983, 3:52 am | Super Loki TU1-0389 | NASA | 81 |
March 9, 1983, 5:00 am | Super Loki TU1-0382 | NASA | 82 |
March 9, 1983, 5:20 am | Super Loki TU1-0383 PWN-12A | NASA | 80 |
March 9, 1983, 5:32 am | Super Loki TU1-0359 | NASA | 79 |
March 9, 1983, 05:49 | Super Loki TU1-0383 PWN-12A | NASA | 80 |
March 9, 1983, 6:10 am | Super Loki TU1-0385 | NASA | 88 |
March 9, 1983, 7:46 am | Super Loki TU1-0390 | NASA | 80 |
March 9, 1983, 8:20 am | Super Loki TU1-0386 | NASA | 88 |
March 9, 1983, 8:57 am | Nike Orion NASA 31.33GE. | NASA | 140 |
March 9, 1983, 9:20 am | Super Loki TU1-0361 | NASA | 85 |
March 9, 1983, 10:11 | Super Arcas NASA 15.219UE | NASA | 80 |
March 9, 1983, 12:00 | Super Arcas NASA 15.222UE | NASA | 80 |
March 12, 1983, 3:35 pm | Taurus Orion NASA 33.27UE | NASA | 200 |
March 12, 1983, 5:09 pm | Nike Orion NASA 31.29UE | NASA | 140 |
March 15, 1983, 02:33 | Terrier Malemute NASA 19.19UE | NASA | 520 |
March 21, 1983, 9:53 am | Taurus Tomahawk NASA 34.10UE | NASA | 500 |
March 23, 1983, 9:50 am | Taurus Tomahawk NASA 09/34UE | NASA | 500 |
March 23, 1983, 6:52 pm | Super Loki TU1-0391 | NASA | 78 |
December 27, 2006 | Paulet I | CONIDA | 45 |
September 2, 2009, 6:17 pm | Paulet IM | CONIDA | 90 |
September 30, 2011, 7:50 pm | X-PAX-II | CONIDA | |
June 12th, 2013 | Paulet IB | CONIDA | 15th |
Web links
- Chilca in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- J. Martin Canales Romero: Sounding Rocket Program in Peru (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ J. Martin Canales Romero: First steps to establish an Small Satellite Program in Peru. (PDF) American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, April 2010, accessed September 24, 2014 .
- ^ J. Martin Canales Romero: Sounding Rocket Program in Peru. (PDF) 2012, accessed on October 14, 2014 (English).
- ↑ a b National Research Council (US). Space Science Board, COSPAR .: United States Space Science Program: Report to COSPAR . National Academies, 1975, pp. 52 .
- ↑ Perú estará a la vanguardia en tecnología satelital el próximo año. In: Agencia Peruana de Noticias. October 28, 2015, accessed January 5, 2016 .
- ↑ INFRAESTRUCTURA PERUANA: Centro Nacional de Operaciones de Imágenes Satelitales (CNOIS) (Proyecto). Retrieved January 5, 2016 .