| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
The location is very close to the equator; in fact, the Alcantara site is the closest to the equator of any in the world. This gives the launch site a big advantage in launching geosynchronous satellites, similar to the European launch site at Kourou.
The construction of the base was started in 1982. The first launch took place on February 21, 1990, when the sounding rocket Sonda 2 XV-53 was launched.
So far only sounding rockets and the so far ill-fated VLS rocket were launched from Alcantara. On August 22, 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U, the explosion of the third VLS-1 (VO3) killed 21 people. There are plans to launch several international rockets from Alcantara. In 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U contracts have been signed for launching UkrainianUkraine Ukrayina in Ukrainian; in Russian) is a republic in eastern Europe which borders the Black Sea to the south, the Russian Federation to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west and Romania and Moldova to the west and Cyclone-4 and IsraelThis article discusses the State of Israel. For other meanings of Israel see Israel (disambiguation). The State of Israel Medinat Yisrael in Hebrew, Daulat Israil in Arabic) is a country in the Middle East on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea.i Shavit rockets; further plans are to launch the RussiaThe Russian Federation ( Russian: , transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija , or Russia (Russian: , transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija , is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. Withn Proton and the ChineseThis article is on the geographic and cultural entity. For other meanings, see China (disambiguation). China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo, Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a country in continental East Asia with some oute Long March 4The Long March family of rockets (, Chang Zheng) is an expendable launch system designed and operated by the People's Republic of China. It is named after the Long March of Chinese communist history. The Shenzhou spacecraft is launched on the Long March r as well.