CIEES Hammaguir - Brigitte launch complex
Algeria /
Bassar /
World
/ Algeria
/ Bassar
/ Bassar
, 130 km from center (بشار)
World / Algeria / Béchar
- launch complex for French rockets, built around 1952
- used in the 1960s for launching the rockets of
the "Pierres Précieuses" (gemstones) space program
- many tests were performed there, for improving:
- either civil experimental rockets:
"Diamant" - 1st satellite launched in 1965
- or military ballistic missiles:
"SSBM type S2" and "MSBM type M1, M2"
- many pictures of this site in operation are published at: homepage.mac.com/mbtc/sl/SitesLancement/hammaguir/02-br...
- used in the 1960s for launching the rockets of
the "Pierres Précieuses" (gemstones) space program
- many tests were performed there, for improving:
- either civil experimental rockets:
"Diamant" - 1st satellite launched in 1965
- or military ballistic missiles:
"SSBM type S2" and "MSBM type M1, M2"
- many pictures of this site in operation are published at: homepage.mac.com/mbtc/sl/SitesLancement/hammaguir/02-br...
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 30°46'41"N 3°3'19"W
- Old launcher testsites 11 km
- Sam site (empty) 12 km
- Former missile engine testbank 5.8 km
- Launchersite Beatrice 9 km
- Former launcher testsites of Hammaguir 11 km
- Hamaguir Air base 11 km
- Center for Detection and Airspace Monitoring 11 km
- APV parking 13 km
- 17th Mechanized Infantry Regiment 13 km
- Camp Hamaguir (active) 13 km
- Airdef radar and SAM site 20 km
- Hamaguir former CIEES 22 km