Barreira do Inferno Launch Center

The Barreira do Inferno Launch Center (Portuguese: Centro de Lançamento da Barreira do Inferno; CLBI, transl. 'Hell's Barrier') is a rocket launch base of the Brazilian Space Agency. It was created in 1965, and is located near Ponta Negra beach, 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 in altitude.

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
Website	www.clbi.cta.br

It provides tracking support for launches from the Alcântara Launch Center and Guiana Space Centre.

Launches

The following rockets have been launched from CLBI:

• 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

Gallery

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  Rocket display at Barreira do Inferno
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  Air Defence Museum, Barreira do Inferno
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  Air Defence Museum, Barreira do Inferno
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  Rocket displays at Barreira do Inferno Launch Center
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  Barreira do Inferno Launch Center complex
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  Rocket displays at Barreira do Inferno Launch Center
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  Launch of a Black Brandt rocket in 1973 from Barreira do Inferno

External links

• Official site