Orión (rocket)

Template:About Template:Redirect2Orión was the designation of a sounding rocket family of Argentina,<ref name=":2" /> which was launched between 1965 and 1971 at CELPA (El Chamical), CELPA (Mar Chiquita), Tartagal and Wallops Island.<ref name=gunter>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Developed by the Instituto de Investigaciones Aeronauticas y Espaciales (IIAE),<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> An Orión flight on August 13, 1966 that reached an apogee of 114 km, surpassing the Kármán line, made Argentina the first South American nation to launch a rocket into space.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Orión-1

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The first version Orión-1 was flown twice in 1965 and 1966 from CELPA (El Chamical),<ref name="gunter" /> in order to test the engines and technologies.

It had a length of Template:Cvt, a diameter of Template:Cvt and a weight of Template:Convert.<ref name=":1" /> Apogee was Template:Cvt for a Template:Convert payload.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Solid fuel mass was Template:Convert with a burn time of 12 seconds.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Launches

Table of Orión-1 launches:<ref name=":0" />

Date	Launch Site	Launch Vehicle	Mission Type	Apogee
1965 October 1	CELPA	Orión-1	Test mission	90 km (55 mi)
1966 July 1	CELPA	Orión-1	Test mission	90 km (55 mi)

Gallery

Orión-1 diagram
Orión-1 diagram
Orión-1 photo

Orión-2

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In November 1966, three tests of the updated Orión-2 took place from Wallops Island.<ref name=":2">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="gunter" />

This version had a gross takeoff mass of Template:Cvt and could carry a Template:Convert payload to an apogee of Template:Cvt.<ref name="orion2" /> Its dimensions were Template:Cvt in length and Template:Cvt in diameter.<ref name="orion2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Orión-2 was launched 22 times from 1966 to 1971.<ref name="orion2" /><ref name="gunter" /> Besides Wallops, launch sites included CELPA (El Chamical), CELPA (Mar Chiquita) and Tartagal.<ref name="gunter" />

Launches

Table of Orión-2 launches:<ref name=":0" />

Date	Launch Site	Launch Vehicle	Mission Type	Apogee
1966 May 19	CELPA	Orión-2	Test mission	100 km (60 mi)
1966 August 13	CELPA	Orión-2	Test mission	114 km (70 mi)
1966 September 1	CELPA	Orión-2	Test mission	90 km (55 mi)
1966 November 4	Wallops Island	Orión-2	Test mission	90 km (55 mi)
1966 November 7	Wallops Island	Orión-2	Failure	0 km (0 mi)
1966 November 9	Wallops Island	Orión-2	Test mission	82 km (50 mi)
1966 November 12	Tartagal	Orión-2	Eclipse mission	90 km (55 mi)
1966 November 12	Tartagal	Orión-2	Eclipse mission	90 km (55 mi)
1966 November 12	Tartagal	Orión-2	Eclipse mission	90 km (55 mi)
1967 May 19	CELPA	Orión-2	Rat payload	90 km (55 mi)
1967 September 6	CELPA	Orión-2	Aeronomy mission	90 km (55 mi)
1967 September 7	CELPA	Orión-2	Aeronomy mission	90 km (55 mi)
1967 September 7	CELPA	Orión-2	Aeronomy mission	90 km (55 mi)
1967 December 14	CELPA	Orión-2	X-ray astronomy mission	35 km (21 mi)
1967 December 16	CELPA	Orión-2	X-ray astronomy mission	70 km (43 mi)
1968 January 24	Mar Chiquita	Orión-2	Chemical release mission	90 km (55 mi)
1968 November 27	Mar Chiquita	Orión-2	Chaff	56 km (34 mi)
1969 May 28	CELPA	Orión-2	Biological mission	90 km (55 mi)
1969 August 30	CELPA	Orión-2	X-ray astronomy mission	90 km (55 mi)
1969 August 30	CELPA	Orión-2	Biological mission	90 km (55 mi)
1970 May 3	Mar Chiquita	Orión-2	Chemical release/fields mission	90 km (55 mi)
1971 December 19	CELPA	Orión-2	Test mission	106 km (65 mi)