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.
World-wide sounding rocket facilities
Spaceflight
Spaceflight ; 8 , n 3
1966
8 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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