Mar Chiquita
After two series of firings (4 in 1962 and 2 in 1963) carried out by CNES, Argentina launched 9 Centaure I from Chamical and 2 Dragon I from Mar Chiquita. Between May 1968 and December 1968 EXAMETNET operations moved to Mar Chiquita, from which 19 more Arcas rockets and boosted Darts were fired.
In 1968 the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space recommened that, upon notification of the United Nations by the Government of Argentina that the Mar Chiquita station near Mar del Plata is operative, the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Chairman of the Committee, should appoint a small group of scientists, drawn from States which are members of the Committee and are familiar with space research and facilities, to visit the station in Argentina and report to the Committee on its eligibility for United Nations sponsorship.
When American officials toured facilities related to the Cóndor II program in 1991, the Mar Chiquita facility was on the itinerary.
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