Barreira do Inferno Launch Center

Barreira do Inferno Launch Center Centro de Lançamento da Barreira do Inferno
Location in Rio Grande do Norte
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military base Spaceport
Operator	Brazilian Air Force Brazilian Space Agency
Location	Parnamirim, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Built	1965
In use	1965 - present
Coordinates	05°55′30″S 035°09′47″W / 5.92500°S 35.16306°W / -5.92500; -35.16306Coordinates: 05°55′30″S 035°09′47″W / 5.92500°S 35.16306°W / -5.92500; -35.16306
Website	www.clbi.cta.br

The Barreira do Inferno Launch Center (Portuguese: Centro de Lançamento da Barreira do Inferno; CLBI, trans. "Hell's Barrier") 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]

• Loki-Dart
• Nike-Cajun
• Orion-OLV
• Nike-Apache
• Aerobee 150
• Javelin
• Nike-Tomahawk
• Black Brant 4A
• Nike-Iroquois
• Boosted Dart
• Super Arcas
• Rocketsonde
• Black Brant 5C
• Black Brant 4B
• Paiute Tomahawk
• Castor Lance
• Black Brant 8B
• Sonda 3
• Skylark 12
• Cuckoo 4
• Nike Orion
• Sonda 4
• VLS-R1
• VS-30

Projected

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

References

1. ↑ Centro De Lançamento Da Barreira Do Iinferno
2. ↑ Natal

External links

• Official site