Broglio Space Centre

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The Luigi Broglio Space Centre (BSC) is an Italian-owned spaceport near Malindi Kenya named after its founder and Italian space pioneer Luigi Broglio. Developed in the 1960s through a partnership between the University of Rome La Sapienza’s Aerospace Research Centre and NASA the BSC served as a spaceport for the launch of both Italian and international satellites.

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associated rocket

Black Brant (rocket), TE-416 Tomahawk, Nike-Apache, Nike Tomahawk, Arcas (rocket), Astrobee, Scout (rocket family)

first launch date

1964-03-25+02:00, 1967-04-26+02:00

first launch rocket

Nike-Apache, Scout (rocket family)

last launch date

1964-04-02+02:00, 1988-03-25+02:00

last launch rocket

Nike-Apache, Scout (rocket family)

launches

3, 24

number of pads

2

operator

Italian Space Agency, Sapienza University of Rome, NASA

total launches

27

wgs84_pos#geometry

POINT(40.2125 -2.93833)

latitude

-2.93833

longitude

40.2125