NEW LAUNCH TOWER/SERVICE GANTRY UNDER CONSTRUCTION BARREIRA DO INFERNO ROCKET RANGE, BRAZIL (SANITIZED)

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• Document Release Date: March 9, 2012
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• Publication Date: March 27, 1984
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27 MARCH 1984
NEW LAUNCH TOWER/SERVICE GANTRY UNDER CONSTRUCTION
BARREIRA DO INFERNO ROCKET RANGE, BRAZIL (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A LAUNCH TOWER/SERVICE GANTRY FOR THE SONDA
IV ROCKET IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: A LAUNCH TOWER/SERVICE GANTRY WAS IDENTIFIED
UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THE SONDA IV LAUNCH PAD AT BARREIRA
DO INFERNO ROCKET RANGE THIS WILL
BE BRAZIL'S FIRST LAUNCH STRUCTURE CAPABLE OF HANDLING
LARGE ROCKETS. CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAUNCH TOWER/SERVICE.
GANTRY HAD PROBABLY BEGUN AND APPEARED TO
BE IN THE LATE STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION THE
STRUCTURE CONSISTED OF A LARGE, RAIL-MOUNTED LATTICE
FRAMEWORK, WITH PROBABLE WORK PLATFORMS. (SWN)
THE SONDA IV IS A TWO-STAGE, SOLID PROPELLANT GUIDED
ROCKET, WHICH IS PROJECTED TO LAUNCH A 300 KG PAYLOAD TO AN
ALTITUDE OF 1,000 KM. IT WILL PROBABLY SERVE AS A
FORERUNNER TO THE BRAZILIAN SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE UNDER
DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER, THE SONDA IV COULD ALSO POSSIBLY BE
ADAPTED FOR USE AS A WEAPONS DELIVERY SYSTEM. ACCORDING TO
OPEN SOURCES, BRAZIL HOPES TO LAUNCH A SONDA IV BY THE
SUMMER OF 1984. BARREIRA DO INFERNO, ON THE ATLANTIC
COAST, 9 NM SOUTH OF NATAL, IS THE ONLY ROCKET LAUNCH
FACILITY IN BRAZIL. (SWN)
3. COORDINATES 05-55-OOS 035-09-00W (S)
4. COLLATERAL REFERENCE: RCA-15-0004/82, NOV 82;
BRAZILIAN SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE PROGRAM (S/NOFORN/
EXTRACTED MATERIAL IS UNCLASSIFIED)
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