Ernst Krenkel Observatory

Ernst Krenkel Observatory
Location of Heiss Island in the Franz Josef Archipelago

Ernst Krenkel Observatory (Russian: Обсерватория имени Эрнста Кренкеля) was a former Soviet rocket launching site located on Heiss Island, Franz Josef Land. It is named after a famous Arctic explorer Ernst Krenkel, a member of the crew of the North Pole-1 drift ice station and other notable Soviet polar expeditions.

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

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Coordinates: 80°27′N 58°03′E / 80.45°N 58.05°E / 80.45; 58.05


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