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Satellite launching facility of the Brazilian Space Agency
The
Barreira do Inferno Launch Center
(
Portuguese
:
Centro de Lancamento da Barreira do Inferno;
CLBI
,
transl.
'Hell's Barrier'
) is a
rocket launch base
of the
Brazilian Space Agency
. It was created in 1965,
[1]
and is located near
Ponta Negra
beach, near
Natal
, the capital of the state of
Rio Grande do Norte
. It has been used for 233 launches from 1965 to 2007, reaching up to 1100 kilometers in altitude.
It provides
tracking
support for launches from the
Alcantara Launch Center
and
Guiana Space Centre
.
Launches
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The following rockets have been launched from CLBI:
[2]
Projected
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- Operacao Sao Lourenco
-
VS-40
/
SARA
Suborbital I
Gallery
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Rocket display at Barreira do Inferno
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Air Defence Museum, Barreira do Inferno
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Air Defence Museum, Barreira do Inferno
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Rocket displays at Barreira do Inferno Launch Center
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Barreira do Inferno Launch Center complex
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Rocket displays at Barreira do Inferno Launch Center
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Launch of a
Black Brandt rocket
in 1973 from Barreira do Inferno
References
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