Hammaguir
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Algeria, south-west of Coulomb-Bechar. Between 1947 and 1967 there was a rocket launch site near Hammaguir, used by France for launching sounding rockets and the satellite carrier "Diamond" between 1965 and 1967.
Hammaguir is a town inThe first French satellite Astérix was launched from there in 1965.