page_title: Keweenaw Rocket Range
hierarchical_section_title: Keweenaw Rocket Range
caption_attribution_description: English: Beige stone commemorative monument with polished surface and rough, jagged edges. On the face of the monument, an inscription dominates the surface and reads, "The Keweenaw Rocket Range. The State of Michigan established a rocket range on this site which was used from 1964-1971. Michigan's first rocket to enter space was launched from this site on Jan. 29, 1971. In tribute to the historic work done in the field of rocketry, this memorial stone was placed in the summer of the year 2000 by:" and below are engraved logos of the General Technics and PFRC student groups, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. To the left of the inscription is carved a long, thin rocket
context_page_description: The Keweenaw Rocket Range 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 similar sites scattered about North America used to collect measurements of electron density, positive ion composition and distribution, energetic electron precipitation, solar X-rays, and Lyman alpha flux.
  One of the other well-known sites was Wallops Island, Virginia. The collected data was later to be compared to the five other sites.
context_section_description: The Keweenaw Rocket Range 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 similar sites scattered about North America used to collect measurements of electron density, positive ion composition and distribution, energetic electron precipitation, solar X-rays, and Lyman alpha flux.
  One of the other well-known sites was Wallops Island, Virginia.  The collected data was later to be compared to the five other sites.
caption: Commemorative monument at the Keweenaw Rocket Range.
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