Orión (rocket)

Orión was the designation of a sounding rocket family of Argentina,

Developed by the Instituto de Investigaciones Aeronauticas y Espaciales (IIAE), An Orión flight on August 13, 1966 that reached an apogee of 114 km, surpassing the Kármán line, made Argentina the first South American nation to launch a rocket into space.

Orión-1

The first version Orión-1 was flown twice in 1965 and 1966 from CELPA (El Chamical), Solid fuel mass was with a burn time of 12 seconds.

Launches

Table of Orión-1 launches:

Orión-2 was launched 22 times from 1966 to 1971.