Ernst Krenkel Observatory Explained

Ernst Krenkel Observatory (Russian: Обсерватория имени Эрнста Кренкеля), also known as Kheysa, was a former Soviet rocket launching site located on Heiss Island, Franz Josef Land.^[1] 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 research in rocketry.^[2]

External links

• ISLANDS Website

80.45°N 61°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kheysa . https://web.archive.org/web/20161227211822/http://astronautix.com/k/kheysa.html . dead . December 27, 2016 . . . 13 October 2021.
2. https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2018/09/here-was-previously-soviet-rocket-launch-site-now-national-park-rangers-move Here was previously a Soviet rocket launch site, now national park rangers move in.