CELPA (El Chamical) ''(Centro de Experimentación y Lanzamiento de Proyectiles Autopropulsados)'' was a
rocket launch site in
Argentina
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, near El Chamical at , 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
Centauro,
Judi Dart,
Orión,
Rigel,
Centaure and
Boosted Dart.
A second CELPA compound was built in 1964 in
Mar Chiquita, north of
Mar del Plata, under the name of
CELPA Atlántico.
See also
*
CELPA (Mar Chiquita)
References
Space programme of Argentina
Rocket launch sites in Argentina
Science and technology in Argentina
Government of Argentina
La Rioja Province, Argentina
1963 establishments in Argentina
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