CELPA (Mar Chiquita)

CELPA (Mar Chiquita)
Centro de Experimentación y Lanzamiento de Proyectiles Autopropulsados
Mar Chiquita, Argentina (north of Mar del Plata)
CELPA (Mar Chiquita) Location in Argentina
Coordinates	37°43′36″S 57°24′54″W
Type	rocket launch site
Site information
Operator	Argentine Air Force, Argentine Army
Site history
Built	1968 (1968)
In use	1968 to 1976

CELPA (Mar Chiquita) also known as CELPA Atlántico (Centro de Experimentación y Lanzamiento de Proyectiles Autopropulsados) was a rocket launch site in Mar Chiquita, Argentina, north of Mar del Plata.

The launch site was in service from 1968 to 1976[1] and was mainly used for launching rockets of the types Orión-2, Arcas, Rocketsonde and Dragon I. The tests from CELPA Atlántico were sponsored by the United Nations since 1969. There was a total number of 69 tests. The compound was used by agencies like NASA, Meteorological Rocket Network (USA), CNES (France) and CONAE (Argentina).[2]

As of 2016, the site is used by the Argentine Air Force and Army to test anti-aircraft weaponry.[3]

See also

• CELPA (El Chamical)

Notes and references

1. "Mar Chiquita". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
2. De León, Pablo (2008). Historia de la Actividad Espacial en la Argentina. Lulú, p. 190. ISBN 0-557-01782-3 (in Spanish)
3. "La Fuerza Aérea celebró nuevo aniversario de la incorporación de sus sistemas de armas". La Capital de Mar del Plata. 2009.