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    as the Anglo-Australian Long Range Weapons Establishment and then the Woomera Rocket Range; the RAAF Woomera Test Range and in 2013, the facility was...
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    Woomera 'village' is part of RAAF Base Woomera which, along with the Woomera Test Range (WTR), forms the larger entity known as the Woomera Range Complex...
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  • RAAF Base Woomera (WMA), was proclaimed by Chief of Air Force Directive in January 2015. RAAF Base Woomera and the RAAF Woomera Test Range (WTR) are the...
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  • edge technology." As of 2016, Raytheon Australia is upgrading the Woomera Test Range in partnership with the Australian Defence Force and several Australian...
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    Rapier" in 2004 and has only supported Defence activities on the Woomera Test Range since that time. For much of its time in operation, the facility was...
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    the United Kingdom conducted seven nuclear tests at the Maralinga site in South Australia, part of the Woomera Prohibited Area about 800 kilometres (500 mi)...
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  • Warfare Centre which is responsible through its Air Force Ranges Directorate for the Woomera Test Range. The base has over the past decade become home to elements...
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    Blue Streak (missile) (category Intermediate-range ballistic missiles)
    of a carrier rocket named Europa.[citation needed] Europa was tested at Woomera Test Range, Australia and later at Kourou in French Guiana. Following launch...
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  • Downrange (redirect from Down range)
    a down range tracking system existed at Gulkula, in the Northern Territory of Australia, to track rockets launched from the Woomera Test Range in South...
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  • an operational site at the RAAF Woomera Test Range which forms the primary operational capability of the Woomera Range Complex. Originally LA5 was a rocket...
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    information on the Taranis' flight tests. The UCAV's first flight occurred on 10 August 2013 at Woomera Test Range in South Australia. This flight lasted...
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    Woomera Test Range. The Woomera Test Range has taken some new steps with the announcement of Project JP3024, "Remediation of the Woomera Test Range"...
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    Its first flight was in December 2004 at the Australian Woomera test range where much of the test flight programme has been undertaken. HERTI was also the...
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    it had successfully tested its new ExLS (Extensible Launching System) for Nulka. The tests were conducted at the Woomera Test Range, Australia. On 9 October...
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  • launch at the Woomera Test Range in South Australia had been aborted because the figures of two large men were seen on the firing range. He alleged that...
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    program. There were eight launches between 1969 and 1979 from the Woomera Test Range, Australia. ISRO's VSSC developed the Rohini sounding rockets series...
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    than 5,000 kilometres per hour" (Mach 4) after taking off from the Woomera Test Range in outback South Australia. On 27 May 2010, NASA and the United States...
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    within "12-18 months." August 2014: APKWS tested on Australian Army Eurocopter Tiger at Woomera Test Range. A helicopter was on the ground and fired seven...
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    Emu Field, South Australia (category Nuclear test sites)
    for the subsequent testing program. The site was supported from the RAAF Woomera Range Complex. Two British nuclear weapon tests were conducted at the...
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    Several Spartas were launched between 1966 and 1967 from Woomera Test Range LA8 in Woomera, South Australia as part of a joint United States–United Kingdom–Australian...
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  • Redstone rocket with two upper stages, known as a Sparta, from the Woomera Test Range in South Australia. The Sparta (left over from the joint Australian-US-UK...
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  • conjunction with Boeing Australia successfully tested extended range 500 lb (230 kg) JDAM variants at Woomera Test Range. In 2009, Boeing announced that it will...
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    Spadeadam - (No longer in use) United Kingdom. Woomera Test Range - South Australia High Down Rocket Test Site - (No longer in use) United Kingdom. Refshaleøen...
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    prototype first flew on 21 October 2009 at Woomera Test Range in South Australia. In 2013 the Mantis was flight tested in the United Kingdom. It was used as...
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    Woomera, Australia, seven of which were the Mk 2 variant. There was one failure, on 23 April 1978. All the launches were from the Woomera Test Range in...
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  • development, the PHASA-35 made its maiden flight on 17 February 2020 at the Woomera Test Range in Australia with support from the UK's Defence Science and Technology...
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    Systems PHASA-35 made its maiden flight in February 2020 from the Woomera Test Range in South Australia; it should fly its 15 kg (33 lb) payload at around...
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  • demonstration above 30,000 ft for the UK Ministry of Defence at the Woomera Test Range in Australia, for reconnaissance or as a communications relay. Between...
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    project Hi Star South. A total of 20 Aerobee launches were made at Woomera Test Range: Series 150: 3 launches in May/June 1970 Series 170: 7 launches in...
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    National Research Council Canada (NRCC) agreed to launch a rocket from Woomera Test Range. The Black Brant VB rocket was launched there on 9 November for experiments...
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