Mar Chiquita is a coastal lagoon in the southeast province of Buenos Aires in eastern Argentina . It is located by the Atlantic coast, 30 km north of Mar del Plata .
4-398: The area is a natural reserve where a number of animal species live around Mar Chiquita. There is a small resort on the southern side of the lagoon with population of 487 people as of 2010. The location was also used as a suborbital launch site at coordinates 37°45' south, 57°25' west between 1968 and 1972; eight sounding rockets of the types Arcas , two rockets of the type Orion-1 , and
8-573: A rocket of the type Dragon , were launched from the site. Mar Chiquita was designated a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1995. It was designated a wildlife refuge in 1998 by the Government of Argentina. The refuge covers an area of 560.3 km. 37°44′45″S 57°25′39″W / 37.74583°S 57.42750°W / -37.74583; -57.42750 This article about a place in Buenos Aires Province , Argentina
12-461: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . CELPA (Mar Chiquita) 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 and was mainly used for launching rockets of
16-576: 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). As of 2016, the site is used by the Argentine Air Force and Army to test anti-aircraft weaponry . This rocketry article
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