SONDA IV LAUNCH PAD UNDER CONSTRUCTION BARREIRA DO INFERNO ROCKET RANGE, BRAZIL(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: September 1, 1983
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1. SIGNIFICANCE: A SONDA IV LAUNCH PAD WAS IDENTIFIED UNDER
CONSTRUCTION AT BRAZIL'S PRIMARY ROCKET RANGE. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE NEW LAUNCH PAD WAS IDENTIF
AT THE BARREIRA DO INFERNO ROCKET RANGE
PREVIOUSLY, A LAUNCH PAD CONSTRUCTED IN 1982 WAS IDENTIFIED AS A
POSSIBLE SONDA IV LAUNCH PAD. HOWEVER, ATTACHE REPORTING
INDICATES THAT THE PAD UNDER CONSTRUCTION WILL BE USED FOR THE
SONDA IV AND THAT THE PAD CONSTRUCTED IN 1982 WAS FOR AN
UNRELATED SOUNDING ROCKET PROGRAM. (SWN
INITIAL CONSTRUCTION FOR THE NEW PAD WAS FIRST OBSERVED IN
FEBRUARY 1983. IT WAS EXCAVATED ACROSS AN EXISTING ROCKET
LAUNCH PAD ON THE EASTERNMOST EDGE OF THE LAUNCH AREA. IT WILL
BE APPROXIMATELY 42-BY 7-METERS IN DIMENSION WITH A RECTANGULAR
SHAPE AND ORIENTED NE/SW. ALSO, EXCAVATIONS BETWEEN THE
BLOCKHO
BE CABL
USE AND THE PAD SUGGEST THAT THE LAUNCH PAD IS GO
E CONNECTED TO THE BLOCKHOUSE. (SWN/NOFORN)
ING TO
THE SON
CURRENT
THE BRA
HOWEVER
DA IV IS A LARGE TWO STAGE, SOLID-PROPELLAN
LY UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND WILL PROBABLY SERV
ZILIAN SATELLITE LAUNCH VEHICLE ALSO UNDER
, THE SONDA IV COULD POSSIBLY BE USED AS A
T ROCK
E AS P
DEVELO
WEAPON
ET
ART OF
PMENT.
DELIVER
Y SYSTEM. (SWN/
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COORDINATES 055500S 035090OW (S)
4. COLLATE
RAL REFERENCE: USDAO BRASILIA, 6 809 5039
83 BAR
REIRA DO
INFERNO
ROCKET LAUNCH FACILITY, MAY 83 (CONFIDENTI
AL/
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