Esrange Safety Zone A
Esrange Safety Zone A is a military installation in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County. Esrange Safety Zone A is situated nearby to the peak Skaitevaara.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Military installation
- Description: Area used by SSC and ESA for rocket testing
- Also known as: “Esrange zon A”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Skylark launch tower.
Skylark launch tower
Industrial building
A Skylark tower was a tower used for the launch of earlier versions of Skylark rockets. As Skylark rockets had no guidance system and accelerated slowly, they required a safe launch tower with a height of at least 24 metres, with its own guidance system. Skylark launch tower is situated 3½ km south of Esrange Safety Zone A.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Esrange.
Esrange
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 de.
Esrange Space Center or Esrange is Sweden's space and research center located about 40 kilometers east of the town of Kiruna in northern Sweden, owned and operated by the Swedish Space Corporation. Esrange is situated 3½ km south of Esrange Safety Zone A.
Esrange Safety Zone A
- Category: region
- Location: Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
67.92424° or 67° 55′ 27″ northLongitude
21.09342° or 21° 5′ 36″ eastOpen location code
9GV3W3FV+M9OpenStreetMap ID
way 38994435OpenStreetMap feature
military=danger_areaWikidata ID
Q127446463
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Skaitevaara and Esrange Space Center.
Nearby Places
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