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Shaba North
Kapani Tonneo
Shaba North is located in Democratic Republic of the CongoShaba NorthLocation within Democratic Republic of the Congo
Formation1976
Typerocket launch site
Coordinates7°55′26″S 28°32′10″E / 7.9239844°S 28.5360758°E / -7.9239844; 28.5360758
OwnerOTRAG

Shaba North (also mentioned as Kapani Tonneo) was the launch site of the first rockets launched by Orbital Transport und Raketen AktienGesellschaft, or Orbital Forwarding Company in English ("OTRAG").

It is located at the edge of a mesa in Shaba (now Katanga province), the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 1976 Luvua Airport was built to supply the site.

In 1977 and in 1978 three test flights of OTRAG rockets were launched from Shaba North.

In 1979 OTRAG stopped launching rockets from Shaba North for political reasons. Its launching activities were later moved to Sabha, Libya.

Launches

Three test flights were launched from Shaba North.

Date OTRAG version Apogee Details
1977 May 18 4x9m 15 km Four-module test vehicle, 6 m long; propulsion test
1978 May 19 4x9m 30 km Four-module test vehicle, 6 m long; high altitude night test
1978 Jun 5 4x15m 0 Lost control and crashed in seconds

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References

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  6. Loffman, Reuben (2014). "An obscured revolution? USAID, the North Shaba Project, and the Zaïrian administration, 1976-1986". Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines. 48 (3): 425–444. doi:10.1080/00083968.2014.943135. ISSN 0008-3968. JSTOR 43860519.
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