Chilca Launch Range

"Chilca" redirects here. For other uses, see Chilca (disambiguation).

Chilca (Punta Lobos) is a rocket launch site in Peru at 12°30′S 76°48′W, near the town of Chilca in the municipality of Pucusana, about 70 km south of the center of Lima.^[1][2]

Chilca
Peru
Site information
Type	rocket launch site
Location
Chilca Location in Peru
Coordinates	12°30′S 76°48′W
Site history
Built	1974 (1974)

Chilca was in service from 1974 and was mainly used for launching Arcas and Nike sounding rockets.^[1][2]

The Peruvian Paulet sounding rocket has been launching from here since 2006.^[3][4][5][6]

Paulet I-C launched from Punta Lobos in December 2021

In 2015 the Centro Nacional de Operaciones de Imágenes Satelitales (CNOIS) opened near the site.^[7]

Launches

The Chilca / Punta Lobos launch site is in use since 1974:^[1][2][3]

Date, Time (UTC)	Vehicle	Entity	Apogee (km)
March 29, 1974, 02:00	Black Brant 4B	Aerospace Corporation	742
May 24, 1974, 01:00	Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.170GE	NASA	338
May 24, 1974, 01:05	Super Arcas NASA 15.139UE	NASA	93
May 24, 1974, 01:52	Super Arcas NASA 15.133GM	NASA	71
May 24, 1974, 06:55	Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.171GE	NASA	324
May 24, 1974, 07:05	Super Arcas NASA 15.140UE	NASA	91
May 24, 1974, 07:44	Super Arcas NASA 15.134GM	NASA	88
May 24, 1974, 08:42	Super Arcas NASA 15.135GM	NASA	67
May 24, 1974, 2:24 p.m.	Super Loki G 1-7743	NASA	70
May 24, 1974, 19:00	Super Loki G 1-7742	NASA	70
May 25, 1974, 19:44	Super Loki G 1-7744	NASA	69
May 27, 1974, ?	Nike Apache NASA 14.531UA	NASA	127
May 27, 1974, 08:01	Nike Apache NASA 14.530UA	NASA	127
May 28, 1974, 19:30	Super Arcas NASA 15.142UE	NASA	86
May 28, 1974, 20:26	Nike Apache NASA 14.532UE	NASA	191
May 28, 1974, 21:16	Super Arcas NASA 15.141UE	NASA	82
May 29, 1975, 03:55	Nike Apache NASA 14.538UA	NASA	131
May 30, 1975, 04:35	Nike Apache NASA 14.524UE	NASA	187
June 2, 1975, 05:11	Nike Apache NASA 14.525UE	NASA	187
June 3, 1975, 16:14	Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.149GE	NASA	20 (failure)
June 3, 1975, 16:41	Nike Apache NASA 14.540CA	NASA	204
June 7, 1975, 16:07	Nike Tomahawk	NASA	259
June 7, 1975, 16:25	Nike Apache	NASA	197
March 21, 1979, 11:49 p.m.	Castor (A)	DFVLR	0 (failure)
March 22, 1979, 11:53 p.m.	Castor (A)	DFVLR	268
Oct. 23, 1979, 11:04 p.m.	Nike Nike GL A45.803-1	US Air Force Geophysics Laboratory	50
October 24, 1979, 11:24 p.m.	Nike Nike GL A45.803-2	US Air Force Geophysics Laboratory	50
Oct. 29, 1979, 11:04 p.m.	Nike Nike GL A45.803-3	US Air Force Geophysics Laboratory	50
February 27, 1983, 16:33	Nike Orion NASA 31.28UE	NASA	140
March 2, 1983, 02:51	Terrier Malemute NASA 29.20UE	NASA	590
March 3, 1983, 03:54	Taurus Orion NASA 33.26UE	NASA	200
March 8, 1983, 15:15	Super Loki TU1-0380	NASA	82
March 8, 1983, 16:35	Nike Orion NASA 31.26GE	NASA	140
March 8, 1983, 17:16	Super Arcas NASA 15.218UE	NASA	80
March 8, 1983, 19:17	Super Loki TU1-0388	NASA	65
March 8, 1983, 10:00 p.m.	Super Arcas NASA 15.223UE	NASA	80
March 8, 1983, 23:27	Super Arcas NASA 15.221UE	NASA	80
March 9, 1983, 01:00	Super Arcas NASA 15.220UE	NASA	80
March 9, 1983, 02:25	Super Loki TU1-0381 PWN-12A	NASA	80
March 9, 1983, 02:38	Super Loki TU1-0358	NASA	88
March 9, 1983, 03:06	Nike Orion NASA 31.27GE	NASA	140
March 9, 1983, 03:27	Nike Orion NASA 31.32GE	NASA	140
March 9, 1983, 03:52	Super Loki TU1-0389	NASA	81
March 9, 1983, 05:00	Super Loki TU1-0382	NASA	82
March 9, 1983, 05:20	Super Loki TU1-0383 PWN-12A	NASA	80
March 9, 1983, 05:32	Super Loki TU1-0359	NASA	79
March 9, 1983, 05:49	Super Loki TU1-0383 PWN-12A	NASA	80
March 9, 1983, 06:10	Super Loki TU1-0385	NASA	88
March 9, 1983, 07:46	Super Loki TU1-0390	NASA	80
March 9, 1983, 08:20	Super Loki TU1-0386	NASA	88
March 9, 1983, 08:57	Nike Orion NASA 31.33GE.	NASA	140
March 9, 1983, 09:20	Super Loki TU1-0361	NASA	85
March 9, 1983, 10:11	Super Arcas NASA 15.219UE	NASA	80
March 9, 1983, 12:00	Super Arcas NASA 15.222UE	NASA	80
March 12, 1983, 3:35 p.m.	Taurus Orion NASA 33.27UE	NASA	200
March 12, 1983, 17:09	Nike Orion NASA 31.29UE	NASA	140
March 15, 1983, 02:33	Terrier Malemute NASA 29.19UE	NASA	520
March 21, 1983, 09:53	Taurus Tomahawk NASA 34.10UE	NASA	500
March 23, 1983, 09:50	Taurus Tomahawk NASA 34.09UE	NASA	500
March 23, 1983, 18:52	Super Loki TU1-0391	NASA	78
December 27, 2006	Paulet I[4]	CONIDA	45
September 2, 2009, 6:17 p.m.	Paulet IM	CONIDA	90
September 30, 2011, 7:50 p.m.	X-PAX-II	CONIDA
June 12, 2013	Paulet I-B[5]	CONIDA	15
December 22, 2021	Paulet I-C[6]	CONIDA