CELPA (El Chamical) ''(Centro de Experimentación y Lanzamiento de Proyectiles Autopropulsados)'' was a rocket launch site in

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

, near El Chamical, in the La Rioja Province. The launch site was in service between 1963 and 1973 and was mainly used for launching rockets of the types Centaure,

Judi Dart The Judi-Dart is a United States sounding rocket. The Judi-Dart was launched 89 times between 1964 and 1970. The Judi-Dart has a length of 2.70 metres, a dimetre of 0.08 metres, a maximum flight altitude of 65 kilometres and a launch thrust of 90 ...

, Orión, Rigel and

Boosted Dart Boosted Dart is a United States single-stage sounding rocket of the Loki family. Between 1966 and 1968, 39 of these rockets were launched by NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the U ...

. A second CELPA compound was built in 1964 in

Mar Chiquita Mar Chiquita is a coastal lagoon in the southeast province of Buenos Aires in eastern Argentina. It is located by the Atlantic coast, 30 km north of Mar del Plata. The area is a natural reserve where a number of animal species live around ...

, north of

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, under the name of CELPA Atlántico.

External links

Launch chronology 1962-74, at Astronautix.com

Space programme of Argentina Rocket launch sites in Argentina Science and technology in Argentina Government of Argentina La Rioja Province, Argentina {{rocketry-stub

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