Keweenaw Rocket Launch Site

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The Keweenaw rocket launch site was an isolated launch pad located in U.S. state of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. It was used between 1964 and 1971 for launching rockets for meteorological data collection. NASA along with the University of Michigan conducted the project under the lead of Dr. Harold Allen. The site was one of six other similar ones scattered about North America that were to collect measurements of: electron density, positive ion composition and distribution, energetic electron precipitation, solar X-rays, and Lyman alpha flux.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keweenaw_(Rocket_launch_site)
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Coordinates:   47°25'48"N   87°42'53"W
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