SURA Ionospheric Heating Facility
The Sura Ionospheric Heating Facility, located near the small town of Vasilsursk about 100 km eastward from Nizhniy Novgorod in Russia, is a laboratory for ionosphere research.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Email: rf@nirfi.unn.ru
- Type: Industry
- Description: radioastronomical observatory
- Also known as: “Mnogofunktsional’ny radiokompleks «Sura»”, “Sura Ionospheric Heating Facility”, and “Полигон «Васильсурск»”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khmelevka (Vasilsursk) and Vasil’sursk.
Khmelevka (Vasilsursk)
Village
Photo: Евгений Катышев, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Khmelevka (Vasilsursk) is a village, which is situated 3½ km west of SURA Ionospheric Heating Facility.
Vasil’sursk
Village
Photo: Glazyrin sergey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vasilsursk is an urban locality in Vorotynsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Sura River, not far from its fall into the Volga. Vasil’sursk is situated 6 km west of SURA Ionospheric Heating Facility.
Revolyutsiya
Hamlet
Photo: AndreyMariyets, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Revolyutsiya is a hamlet, which is situated 9 km east of SURA Ionospheric Heating Facility.
SURA Ionospheric Heating Facility
- Category: astronomical observatory
- Location: Mari El, Volga Region, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
56.14375° or 56° 8′ 38″ northLongitude
46.0992° or 46° 5′ 57″ eastInception
1965Operator
Федеральное государственное научное учреждение «Научно-исследовательский радиофизический институт»Open location code
9H8843VX+FMOpenStreetMap ID
way 114063679OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q1570660
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“SURA Ionospheric Heating Facility” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Сура”
- Czech: “Sura”
- Dutch: “Soera”
- French: “Installation de chauffage ionosphérique Sura”
- German: “Sura-Forschungseinrichtung”
- German: “Sura”
- Russian: “Сура”
- Spanish: “Instalacion de Calefaccion Ionosferica Sura”
- Spanish: “Instalación de Calefacción Ionosférica Sura”
- Ukrainian: “Сура (проєкт)”
- Ukrainian: “Сура”
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