El Arenosillo Explained

El Arenosillo Test Centre (CEDEA)
Map:CEDEA Plano- General.png
Owner:INTA (Spain)
Formation:4 October 1966[1]
Type:rocket launch site
Location:Moguer, Spain
Pushpin Map:Spain
Leader Title:Director
Leader Name:Carlos Maestro Fernández

El Arenosillo Test Centre (CEDEA) is the name of a rocket launch site for suborbital rockets managed by INTA, located in Moguer (Spain).[2] [3] [4] It is located in the province of Huelva, Andalucía, in the southwest coast of Spain (37.1° N, 6.7° W).[5] CEDEA is adjacent to the Center of Excellence for Unmanned Systems (CEUS).

El Arenosillo is also the location of an autonomous astronomical observatory of the BOOTES network,[6] with two domes and three telescopes.

Equipment

Among the main facilities that INTA has at CEDEA are (updated 2009):

Complementing the above, the Center also has:

In 2017 part of the equipment was damaged in a wildfire. In the years 2018 and 2019 INTA has dedicated part of its budget to replace damaged equipment.

Pads

Incomplete list of launch pads:

Launch history

The first launch of a rocket from El Arenosillo took place 15 October 1966.[7] Up to 1994 a total of 557 rockets were launched from this base, mainly of the Skua type for atmospheric soundings and in collaboration with other countries.[8] Other rockets launched included Nike Cajun, Nike Apache, Centaure, Black Brant, Skylark, Petrel, Super Loki, INTA-255, INTA-300 and INTA-300B.

All rockets for atmospheric soundings in Spain are launched from El Arenosillo.

In 2015 Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering broke the European altitude record for amateur rocketry by launching the Stratos II+ rocket to 21.5 km altitude from El Arenosillo.[9] [10]

On 1 March 2017, Zero 2 Infinity tested its first rocket, a Bloostar prototype, in El Arenosillo.[11] A balloon took Bloostar to 25 km. At 25 km the ignition of the rocket took place. The goals of the mission were: (i) validation of the telemetry systems in Space conditions, (ii) controlled ignition, (iii) stabilization of the rocket, (iv) monitoring of the launch sequence, (v) parachute deployment, and finally, (vi) sea recovery. All these goals were achieved in full.[12]

In 2023 PLD Space launched its first rocket Miura 1 from El Arenosillo.[13] [14] [15]

Date (UTC) Vehicle Payload Launch pad Result Remarks
15 October 1966 INTA, Carabela 4 Aeronomy / test ? First launch, 81 km apogee
19 July 1969 ? ?
20 December 1969 ? ?
22 December 1970 ? ?
12 January 1974, 19:12 ?
27 June 1976 ASTRO-6, EUV radiation ? 720 km apogee
18 February 1981 ? Nike
7 April 1992[16] ? ? First launch of INTA-100. 120 km apogee
21 October 1993 INTA-300B ? Nike[17]
16 April 1994 INTA-300B ? Nike
16 Oct 2015? ? 21.457 km (new European amateur record)
1 March 2017 ? – Bloostar first test
26 July 2018 ? ?
11 April 2019 None ? Drop test 5 km
23 October 2021[18] Stratos IV? ? (Aborted)
20 November 2021Bondar[19] ? ? 7.8 km apogee (Spanish amateur record)[20]
7 October 2023Médano del Loro 46 km apogee

Only some launches are listed here. For information on individual rockets, see the List of rockets launched from El Arenosillo.

Notes and References

  1. Book: International Aerospace Abstracts. 1970. Technical Information Service, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
  2. Web site: Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial . 22 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120825213952/http://www.inta.es/grandesInstalaciones.aspx?Id=2&SubId=11 . 25 August 2012 .
  3. Web site: El Arenosillo . 2023-10-08 . www.astronautix.com.
  4. Web site: Huelva . Diario de . 2022-07-30 . El INTA pone a Huelva en la lanzadera aeroespacial . 2023-10-08 . Diario de Huelva . es.
  5. Book: A. Méndez-Vilas. Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Applied Physics: Proceedings of the First International Meeting on Applied Physics (APHYS 2003) October 13–18th, 2003, Badajoz, Spain. 21 November 2005. Elsevier. 978-0-08-044648-6. 173–.
  6. Web site: 2022-10-10 . BOOTES-1 History - BOOTES . 2023-04-17 . en-GB.
  7. Web site: ABC MADRID 16-10-1966 página 63 - Archivo ABC. 12 August 2019.
  8. Web site: El Arenosillo. https://web.archive.org/web/20030904163216/http://astronautix.com/sites/elasillo.htm. dead. 4 September 2003.
  9. Web site: Zoeken.
  10. Web site: Stratos V – Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering . 2024-01-30 . dare.tudelft.nl.
  11. Web site: El runrún: El Arenosillo mira al espacio Huelva24 Toda la información y noticias de Huelva.
  12. News: Zero 2 Infinity Successfully Launches its First Rocket from the Edge of Space – Z2I. 13 March 2017. Z2I. 9 May 2017.
  13. Web site: Márquez . Beatriz . 7 October 2023 . El INTA ya tiene todo listo para el lanzamiento de Miura-1 de PLD Space . INTA already has everything ready for the launch of Miura-1 from PLD Space . 7 October 2023 . infoespecial.com . spanish.
  14. Web site: 7 October 2023 . PLD Space successfully completes first private space rocket launch in Europe . 8 October 2023 . PLD Space.
  15. Spain's MIURA 1 launch campaign kicks off . 3 October 2023 . 4 October 2023 . PLD Space.
  16. News: Lanzado con éxito el cohete lanzador español 'Inta-100' Sociedad EL PAÍS. El País. 7 April 1992. Rivera. Alicia.
  17. Web site: El Centro de El Arenosillo celebra su 50 aniversario dedicando un monumento al cohete INTA 300 B - Huelva Buenas Noticias.
  18. Web site: Twitter.
  19. Web site: El Arenosillo acoge la campaña de pruebas de un cohete suborbital de sondeo.
  20. Web site: Estudiants de l'ESEIAAT de la UPC llancen amb èxit el coet supersònic suborbital més potent de Catalunya.

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