Kheysa

Kheysa

Kheysa was a former Soviet rocket launching site located on Heiss Island, Franz Josef Land.

It served the MR-12 from 1956 to 1980 for the start of elevator research rocketry.

References

*http://islands.unep.ch/CEO.htm

External links

* [http://www.astronautix.com/sites/kheysa.htm Kheysa]


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