Former sounding rocket launch site
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From 1968 to 1981, this was a launching site for sounding rockets, some for French (Dragon rockets), American (Arcas) or Franco-Soviet (Eridans) surveys, but at the end mainly for a Soviet program (M-100).
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Coordinates: 49°20'55"S 70°15'58"E
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- Woomera Launch Area 2 (LA-2) 5794 km
- Woomera Launch Area 3 (LA-3) 5796 km
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- Kaitorete Spit 7209 km
- Pad A (LC-1A) 7890 km
- PadB (LC-1B) 7890 km
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 7890 km
- Baie de l'Aurore Australe 7.5 km
- Norvegian Bay 8.8 km
- Courbet Peninsula 13 km
- Golfe du Morbihan 18 km
- Baie Accessible 26 km
- Baie du Hillsborough 35 km
- Kerguelen Islands / Îles Kerguelen (France) 48 km
- Baie Irlandaise 52 km
- Port Island 53 km
- Baie du Sondeur 57 km