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Canopus Family

Canopus-1

Canopus-2

Rigel

Castor

Tauro

Version Booster Stage 1 Stage 2
Canopus-1 - Canopus-1 -
Canopus-2 - Canopus-2 -
Rigel 2 × ? Canopus-1 Orion-2
Castor - 4 × Canopus-2 Canopus-2
Tauro - SS-50 Canopus
No:   TNr   Type                      Date             LS        Payload 

(incomplete)
xxx   xxx   Canopus-1                 xx.11.1966  *    Cha       -
xxx   xxx   Canopus-1                 xx.07.1967  *    Cha       -
xxx   xxx   Rigel                     16.12.1967  *    Cha       -
xxx   xxx   Canopus-2                 16.04.1969  *    MCh       -
xxx   xxx   Rigel                     12.09.1969  *    Cha       No 2
xxx   xxx   Canopus-2                 23.10.1969  *    Cha ?     -
xxx   xxx   Rigel                     22.12.1969  *    Cha ?     -
xxx     1   Castor (1 stg)            22.12.1969  *    Cha       CR-X1 (Dummy Stage 2, Ex.Navidad)
xxx   xxx   Canopus-2                 23.12.1969  *    Cha       No 3 (Bio-II)
xxx     2   Castor (1 stg)            19.12.1970  *    Cha       CR-X2 (Dummy Stage 2)
xxx   xxx   Canopus-2                 05.11.1971  *    Cha       -
xxx   xxx   Rigel                     02.11.1972  *    Cha       EGANI/72 (MPE Eu/Ba  EXP 63)
xxx   xxx   Rigel                     04.11.1972  *    Cha       EGANI/72 (MPE Eu/Ba  EXP 64)
xxx   xxx   Rigel                     11.11.1972  *    Cha       EGANI/72 (MPE Eu/Ba  EXP 65)
xxx   xxx   Rigel                     18.11.1973  *    Cha       EGANI/73? (MPE?)
xxx   xxx   Rigel                     19.11.1973  *    Cha       EGANI/73? (MPE?)
xxx     1   Castor                    22.11.1973  *    Cha       CR-01 (EGANI/73 Ba release)
xxx     2   Castor                    30.09.1975  *    VcM       CR-02 (Ba release)
xxx     3   Castor                    03.10.1975  *    VcM       CR-03 (Ba release)
xxx   xxx   Tauro                     xx.07.1977  *    Cha       T-01
xxx   xxx   Tauro                     02.02.1979  *    Cha       T-02
xxx     4   Castor                    21.03.1979  *    Chi       CR-04 (Spread F)
xxx     5   Castor                    22.03.1979  *    Chi       CR-05 (Spread F)
xxx   xxx   Tauro                     10.12.1981  *    Cha       T-09 (Earth Resources Camera)
xxx   xxx   Centenario                18.12.2013  *    Cha       Experiencia Centenario


Launch sites:

Cha = Centro de Ensayo y Lanzamiento de Proyectiles Autopropulsados (CELPA), Chamical, La Rioja, Argentina Argentina
Chi = Chilca Launch Range, Punta Lobos, Lima, Peru Peru
MCh = CELPA Atlantica (CELAT), Mar Chiquita, Buenos Aires, Argentina Argentina
VcM = Vicecomodoro Marambio Station, Seymour Island, Graham Land, Antarctica Antarctica †

* = suborbital

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