Kronogard
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Kronogård is the name of a launch site for sounding rockets in North Sweden
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 at 66°13′N 19°47′E. Kronogård was originally a hunting post for royal foresters and hunters. In the 1950s a rocket launch site was established, from which mainly rockets of the type Nike Cajun were launched to explore the upper atmosphere. After completion of Esrange
Esrange
Esrange Space Center is a rocket range and research centre located outside the town of Kiruna in northern Sweden. It is a base for scientific research with high altitude balloons, investigation of the aurora borealis, sounding rocket launches, and satellite tracking, among other things...

Kronogard was shut down.

Nowadays there is an area with small houses (partly on the basements of the former launch pads) and a camping site.

Launch list





















DateVehicleMissionResults
14 Aug 1961Arcas(IOM)EF
07 Aug 1962Nike-CajunK62-1 (AFCRL/IOM)S (109 km)
?? Aug 1962ArcasK62-2 (IOM) 
11 Aug 1962Nike-CajunK62-3 (AFCRL/IOM)S (69 km)
19 Aug 1962Nike-CajunK62-4 (AFCRL/IOM)S (109 km)
31 Aug 1962Nike-CajunK62-5 (AFCRL/IOM)S (111 km)
27 Jul 1963Nike-CajunK63-1 (IOM)S
29 Jul 1963Nike-CajunK63-2 (IOM)S
01 Aug 1963Nike-CajunK63-3 (IOM)S
07 Aug 1963Nike-CajunK63-4 (IOM)S
06 Aug 1964Nike-ApacheNASA 14.55DA (AFCRL/IOM)EF (125 km)
07 Aug 1964Nike-CajunNASA 10.138GA (GSFC)S (130 km)
12 Aug 1964Nike-ApacheNASA 14.56DA (AFCRL/IOM)S (122 km)
12 Aug 1964Nike-CajunNASA 10.139GA (GSFC)EF
16 Aug 1964Nike-ApacheNASA 14.57DA (AFCRL/IOM)S (119 km)
16 Aug 1964Nike-CajunNASA 10.140GA (GSFC/IOM)S (135 km)
17 Aug 1964Nike-ApacheNASA 14.58DA (AFCRL/IOM)S (124 km)
17 Aug 1964Nike-CajunNASA 10.141GA (GSFC/IOM)S (122 km)
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