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Between 1947 and 1967 there was a rocket launch site near Hammaguir, [[Algeria]], named '''CIEES Hammaguir''' and used by [[France]] for launching sounding rockets and the satellite carrier ''[[Diamant]]'' between 1965 and 1967. The first French satellite ''[[Astérix]]'' was launched from there in 1965.
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Between 1947 and 1967 there was a rocket launch site near Hammaguir, [[Algeria]], used by [[France]] for launching sounding rockets and the satellite carrier ''[[Diamant]]'' between 1965 and 1967. The first French satellite ''[[Astérix]]'' was launched from there in 1965.
  
==Pads and runways==
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==Pads==
* Brigitte launch complex (30.7770907N, 3.0552293W), assigned to the Precious Stones experimental rockets program
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* B0 - missile tests
* Blandine (30.8676599N, 3.0185369W), for liquid sounding rockets
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* B1 - rockets
* Bacchus (30.856792N, 3.123636W), for solid rockets
 
* Beatrice (30.876003N, 3.03978W), for missile tests
 
 
 
* Hammaguir AF base runway, 3000 x 45m, asphalt, no ILS
 
 
 
==External links==
 
[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammaguir http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammaguir]
 
 
 
[[Category: Articles]]
 
[[Category:Real spaceports]]
 
[[Category:Surface bases]]
 
[[Category:France]]
 
[[Category:Algeria]]
 

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