Reference is made to MRN (Meteorological Rocket Network), which was established in Oct 1959; number of launching sites in network has now reached twenty with outlying stations at Ascension Island in east, Marshall Islands in west and McMurdo Sound in south; additional upper atmosphere rocket launching facilities are tabulated; scope and activities of MRN, vehicles used and instrument packages; description of launching facilities in Great Britain; role of European Space Research Organization (ESRO) which promotes European cooperation and is concerned with provisioning of rocket vehicles and launching facilities.


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    Title :

    World-wide sounding rocket facilities


    Additional title:

    Spaceflight


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Spaceflight ; 8 , n 3


    Publication date :

    1966


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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