The history of Andøya Rocket Range

• Published in: History of Geo- and Space Sciences
• Main Author: E. V. Thrane
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: Science; Q; Geology; QE1-996.5; Dynamic and structural geology; QE500-639.5; Physics; QC1-999; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Arctic; Svalbard; Norway; Andøya; Sputnik; Andenes; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-9-141-2018; https://doaj.org/article/0b8fe1c0b53747a9878dd43f9f2b729e

Just 5 years after Sputnik, on 18 August 1962, Norway launched the first sounding rocket from Andøya in northern Norway. The establishment of Andøya Rocket Range (ARR), in the Arctic and right in the middle of the night-time auroral zone, gave the scientists unique opportunities for studies of the c...