Las Palmas (also mentioned as Lapachito and Chaco)[1] is a rocket launch site in Argentina at 27°08′S 58°45′W / 27.13°S 58.75°W / -27.13; -58.75 used on November 12, 1966,[2] for the launch of two Titus rockets[3] for observing a solar eclipse.

[4][5][3][6][1][7] The site is located in the steppes of the Las Palmas region in the east of the Chaco province, 35 km east of the city of Resistencia (itself located about a thousand kilometers north of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires).

[7] It had no previous facilities, so rocket assembly halls (300 m2), a science building (320 m2), trajectory centers, a command post, launch infrastructure, telemetry stations and the power system were set.

[7] The choice of this location was justified firstly by the fact that the region was crossed by the eclipse.

[7] Two successful Titus rocket launches occurred on November 12, 1966, in collaboration between CNES and the Argentinian agency CNIE.