Base de Lanzamiento Vicecomodoro Marambio
| Last Modified: | Oct. 1, 2006 |
|---|---|
| Other Name: | Vicecomodoro Marambio, Marambio |
| Location: | Seymour-Marambio Island, Antarctica |
| Subordinate To: | Air Force |
| Size: | Unknown |
| Facility Status: | Operational |
In operation since 1976. A main launch site for CASTOR sounding rockets. A group of CNIE technicians was resident at the base beginning in 1979. Its launch and tracking facilities are available year round.
Key Sources:
Eduardo Barcelona and Julio Villalonga, Relaciones carnales: la verdadera historia de la construcción y destrucción del misil Cóndor II (Buenos Aires: Planeta, 1992), p. 35.
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