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    established at Sonmiani Rocket Range in 1961, the Sonmiani Flight Test Range is the only rocket launch facility operated by the Space & Upper Atmosphere...
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  • Norwegian Space Centre Mabuhaysat Subic Space Center Mabuhaysat Zamboanga Space Center Sonmiani (space facility) Tilla Satellite Launch Centre Babakin Space Centre...
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    first South Asian country to start a space program. Furthermore, a Flight Test Range was established in Sonmiani which is 50 km (31 mi) west of Karachi...
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    international institutions. The program was established in 1983 at the Sonmiani space facility. The second geomagnetic observatory was established in 2008. Suparco...
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    first test flight of the SpaceX Dragon commercial resupply spacecraft, which is intended to resupply the International Space Station (ISS), and the maiden...
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    following Space Shuttle retirement in 2011. In an uncrewed test flight, SpaceX SpaceX Dragon 2 successfully flew on a Falcon 9 to the International Space Station...
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    missions took place, during which the SpaceX Dragon became the first private spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station (ISS). In June, China launched...
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  • Missile Facilities – Flight Test Range, Sonmiani Beach Archived 2009-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, NTI "Sonmiani". Astronautix.com. Archived from the original...
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    first successful flight of a privately developed orbital launch vehicle by SpaceX's Falcon 1. The internationally accepted definition of a spaceflight is...
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    with 27, 20 and 19 launches respectively. In February 2015, the European Space Agency's experimental lifting body spacecraft, the Intermediate eXperimental...
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  • Salim Mehmud (category Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission people)
    Turowicz, he sat the Sonmiani facility and was the responsible for installing the Launch pads and computer facility at the Sonmiani center. On 15 December...
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    crash in San Diego, California in 1913. Originally created as a training facility, Ellington Airport is currently used by military, commercial, NASA aircraft...
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    Badr-B (category Space programme of Pakistan)
    Russian space-rocket put the satellite on hold for more than 4 years.Abdul Qadeer Khan unsuccessfully attempted to launch the satellite from the Sonmiani Launch...
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    Abdus Salam (category Space advocates)
    Space Administration (NASA) started to build a space facility – Flight Test Center (FTC) – at Sonmiani, a coastal town in Balochistan Province. Salam...
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    2007). "Gwadar Port inaugurated: Plan for second port in Balochistan at Sonmiani". dawn.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved...
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    peaceful space technology in the 1960s after establishing the Sonmiani Terminal in 1961, constructing an airfield and launch pad. In 1962, the Space Research...
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  • successful flight. On 25 January, a Shaheen-1 missile was test fired from Sonmiani by the Army of Pakistan. The test was declared a success. The Norwegian...
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