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Barreira do Inferno Launch Center

Coordinates: 05°55′30″S 035°09′47″W / 5.92500°S 35.16306°W / -5.92500; -35.16306
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Barreira do Inferno Launch Center

Centro de Lançamento da Barreira do Inferno
Location in Rio Grande do Norte
Summary
Airport typeMilitary base
Spaceport
OperatorBrazilian Air Force
Brazilian Space Agency
LocationParnamirim, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Built1965
In use1965 - present
Coordinates05°55′30″S 035°09′47″W / 5.92500°S 35.16306°W / -5.92500; -35.16306
Websitewww.clbi.cta.br
Map

The Barreira do Inferno Launch Center (Template:Lang-pt) is a rocket launch base of the Brazilian Space Agency. It was created in 1965,[1] and is located in the city of Parnamirim, 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 altitude.

It provides tracking support for launches from the Alcântara Launch Center and Guiana Space Centre.

Launches

Several rockets where launched from CLBI:[2]

Projected

  • Operação São Lourenço - VS-40/SARA Suborbital I

References