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{{Short description|Rocket launch site in Peru}}
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| type          = rocket launch site
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| location      = [[Peru]]
| built         = {{Start date|1974}}
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'''Chilca''' (Punta Lobos) is a [[rocket launch site]] in [[Peru]] at {{coord|12|30|S|76|48|W|name=Chilca Launch Range}}, near the town of Chilca in the municipality of Pucusana, about 70 km south of the center of [[Lima]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> 

Chilca was in service from 1974 and was mainly used for launching [[Arcas (rocket)|Arcas]] and [[Project Nike|Nike]] [[sounding rocket|sounding rockets]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Wade |title=Chilca |url=http://www.astronautix.com/c/chilca.html |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=Encyclopedia Astronautica}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Wade |title=Chilca Punta Lobos |url=http://www.astronautix.com/c/chilcaplob.html |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=Encyclopedia Astronautica}}</ref> 

The Peruvian [[Paulet (sounding rocket)|Paulet]] sounding rocket has been launching from here since 2006.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Romero |title=SpaceOps 2012 Conference |chapter-url=https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/pdf/10.2514/6.2012-1275893 |chapter=Sounding Rocket Program in Peru |date=2012 |publisher=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.|doi=10.2514/6.2012-1275893 }}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2007 |title=El Paulet 1, Hito Tecnológico Peruano |url=https://desarrolloperuano.blogspot.com/2007/12/el-paulet-1-hito-tecnolgico-peruano.html |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=DESARROLLO PERUANO}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2016-02-07 |title=Perú lanza su primer cohete fabricado solo con tecnología nacional |url=https://larepublica.pe/13-06-2013/peru-lanza-su-primer-cohete-fabricado-solo-con-tecnologia-nacional/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207164533/https://larepublica.pe/13-06-2013/peru-lanza-su-primer-cohete-fabricado-solo-con-tecnologia-nacional/ |archive-date=7 February 2016 |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=La Republica}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Conida realiza lanzamiento del cohete sonda Paulet 1C |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-conida-realiza-lanzamiento-del-cohete-sonda-paulet-1c-874436.aspx |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=Agencia Peruana de Noticias |language=es}}</ref>
[[File:Cohete PAULET 1C.jpg|thumb|''[[Paulet (sounding rocket)|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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watson |date=December 21, 2015 |title=Perú inaugura su centro nacional de operaciones de imágenes satelitales |url=https://www.infoespacial.com/texto-diario/mostrar/3569122/peru-inaugura-centro-nacional-operaciones-imagenes-satelitales |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Infoespacial |language=es}}</ref>

== Launches ==
The Chilca / Punta Lobos launch site is in use since 1974:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Date, Time (UTC)
!Vehicle
!Entity
!Apogee (km)
|-
|March 29, 1974, 02:00 
|[[Black Brant (rocket)|Black Brant]] 4B
|[[The Aerospace Corporation|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|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 (rocket stage)|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
|[[United States Air Force|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 (sounding rocket)|Paulet I]]<ref name=":02" />
|[[National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development|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<ref name=":3" />
|CONIDA
|15
|-
|December 22, 2021
|Paulet I-C<ref name=":12" />
|CONIDA
|
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Transport buildings and structures in Peru]]


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