Barreira do Inferno Launch Center, Parnamirim, Brazil

The Barreira do Inferno Launch Center ( pt, Centro de Lançamento da Barreira do Inferno; CLBI, ) is a rocket launch base of the Brazilian Space Agency. It was created in 1965, and is located near

Ponta Negra Ponta Negra (Portuguese: ''Black Tip'') is a beach and neighborhood located in the Brazilian city of Natal, the capital of the state of Rio Grande do Norte. Located in the extreme south of the beach is the Morro do Careca (Portuguese: ''Bald M ...

beach, near Natal, the capital of the state of

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. 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

The following rockets have been launched from CLBI:Natal
* Loki-Dart * Nike-Cajun * Orion-OLV * Nike-Apache * Aerobee 150 * Javelin * Nike-Tomahawk * Black Brant 4A * Nike-Iroquois * Boosted Dart *

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* Rocketsonde * Black Brant 5C * Black Brant 4B * Paiute Tomahawk * Castor Lance * Black Brant 8B * Sonda 3 * Skylark 12 * Cuckoo 4 *

Nike Orion The Nike stage or Nike booster, a solid fuel rocket motor, was created by Hercules Aerospace for the Nike Ajax (M5) Nike Hercules (M5E1) (and M88 late in Hercules career). It was developed for use as the first stage of the Nike Ajax and Nike He ...

* Sonda 4 * VLS-R1 *

VS-30 The VS-30 is a Brazilian sounding rocket, derived from the Sonda 3 sounding rocket's first stage.

Projected

*''Operação São Lourenço'' - VS-40/

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References

External links

Official site

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