{{Short description|Rocket launch site in Peru}} {{Redirect|Chilca}} {{Infobox military installation | name = Chilca | nativename = | image = | type = rocket launch site | operator = | location = Peru | built = {{Start date|1974}} | used = | commander = | occupants = | elevation-f = | elevation-m = | coordinates = {{coord|12|30|S|76|48|W|type:landmark_region:AR_dim:2000|display=inline}} | website = | r1-number = | r1-length-f = | r1-length-m = | r1-surface = | footnotes = | caption = | pushpin_map = Peru | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Peru }} '''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 and Nike 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 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 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 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<ref name=":02" /> |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 | |}
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