Chilca (Punta Lobos) is a rocket launch site in Peru at , near the town of Chilca in the municipality of Pucusana, about 70 km south of the center of Lima.
Chilca was in service from 1974 and was mainly used for launching Arcas and Nike sounding rockets.
The Peruvian Paulet sounding rocket has been launching from here since 2006.
In 2015 the Centro Nacional de Operaciones de Imágenes Satelitales (CNOIS) opened near the site.
Launches The Chilca / Punta Lobos launch site is in use since 1974: Date, Time (UTC)VehicleEntityApogee (km)March 29, 1974, 02:00 Black Brant 4BAerospace Corporation742May 24, 1974, 01:00Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.170GENASA338May 24, 1974, 01:05Super Arcas NASA 15.139UENASA93May 24, 1974, 01:52Super Arcas NASA 15.133GMNASA71May 24, 1974, 06:55Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.171GENASA324May 24, 1974, 07:05Super Arcas NASA 15.140UENASA91May 24, 1974, 07:44Super Arcas NASA 15.134GMNASA88May 24, 1974, 08:42Super Arcas NASA 15.135GMNASA67May 24, 1974, 2:24 p.m.Super Loki G 1-7743NASA70May 24, 1974, 19:00Super Loki G 1-7742NASA70May 25, 1974, 19:44Super Loki G 1-7744NASA69May 27, 1974, ?Nike Apache NASA 14.531UANASA127May 27, 1974, 08:01Nike Apache NASA 14.530UANASA127May 28, 1974, 19:30Super Arcas NASA 15.142UENASA86May 28, 1974, 20:26Nike Apache NASA 14.532UENASA191May 28, 1974, 21:16Super Arcas NASA 15.141UENASA82May 29, 1975, 03:55Nike Apache NASA 14.538UANASA131May 30, 1975, 04:35Nike Apache NASA 14.524UENASA187June 2, 1975, 05:11Nike Apache NASA 14.525UENASA187June 3, 1975, 16:14Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.149GENASA20 (failure)June 3, 1975, 16:41Nike Apache NASA 14.540CANASA204June 7, 1975, 16:07Nike TomahawkNASA259June 7, 1975, 16:25Nike ApacheNASA197March 21, 1979, 11:49 p.m.Castor (A)DFVLR0 (failure)March 22, 1979, 11:53 p.m.Castor (A)DFVLR268Oct. 23, 1979, 11:04 p.m.Nike Nike GL A45.803-1US Air Force Geophysics Laboratory50October 24, 1979, 11:24 p.m.Nike Nike GL A45.803-2US Air Force Geophysics Laboratory50Oct. 29, 1979, 11:04 p.m.Nike Nike GL A45.803-3US Air Force Geophysics Laboratory50February 27, 1983, 16:33Nike Orion NASA 31.28UENASA140March 2, 1983, 02:51Terrier Malemute NASA 29.20UENASA590March 3, 1983, 03:54Taurus Orion NASA 33.26UENASA200March 8, 1983, 15:15Super Loki TU1-0380NASA82March 8, 1983, 16:35Nike Orion NASA 31.26GENASA140March 8, 1983, 17:16Super Arcas NASA 15.218UENASA80March 8, 1983, 19:17Super Loki TU1-0388NASA65March 8, 1983, 10:00 p.m.Super Arcas NASA 15.223UENASA80March 8, 1983, 23:27Super Arcas NASA 15.221UENASA80March 9, 1983, 01:00Super Arcas NASA 15.220UENASA80March 9, 1983, 02:25Super Loki TU1-0381 PWN-12ANASA80March 9, 1983, 02:38Super Loki TU1-0358NASA88March 9, 1983, 03:06Nike Orion NASA 31.27GENASA140March 9, 1983, 03:27Nike Orion NASA 31.32GENASA140March 9, 1983, 03:52Super Loki TU1-0389NASA81March 9, 1983, 05:00Super Loki TU1-0382NASA82March 9, 1983, 05:20Super Loki TU1-0383 PWN-12ANASA80March 9, 1983, 05:32Super Loki TU1-0359NASA79March 9, 1983, 05:49Super Loki TU1-0383 PWN-12ANASA80March 9, 1983, 06:10Super Loki TU1-0385NASA88March 9, 1983, 07:46Super Loki TU1-0390NASA80March 9, 1983, 08:20Super Loki TU1-0386NASA88March 9, 1983, 08:57Nike Orion NASA 31.33GE.NASA140March 9, 1983, 09:20Super Loki TU1-0361NASA85March 9, 1983, 10:11Super Arcas NASA 15.219UENASA80March 9, 1983, 12:00Super Arcas NASA 15.222UENASA80March 12, 1983, 3:35 p.m.Taurus Orion NASA 33.27UENASA200March 12, 1983, 17:09Nike Orion NASA 31.29UENASA140March 15, 1983, 02:33Terrier Malemute NASA 29.19UENASA520March 21, 1983, 09:53Taurus Tomahawk NASA 34.10UENASA500March 23, 1983, 09:50Taurus Tomahawk NASA 34.09UENASA500March 23, 1983, 18:52Super Loki TU1-0391NASA78December 27, 2006Paulet ICONIDA45September 2, 2009, 6:17 p.m.Paulet IMCONIDA90September 30, 2011, 7:50 p.m.X-PAX-IICONIDAJune 12, 2013Paulet I-BCONIDA15December 22, 2021Paulet I-CCONIDA
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