| Prairie Meteorite Network | |
| Formation: | 1964[1] |
| Dissolved: | 1975[2] |
| Type: | Camera network |
| Status: | Defunct |
| Purpose: | Record meteorite falls |
| Region Served: | Midwestern United States |
| Parent Organization: | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
The Prairie Meteorite Network was a system of sixteen camera stations in Midwestern United States, run by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory[3] from 1964 to 1975. The network used surplus aerocameras with 6.3–12 inch focal length wide angle metrogon lenses that covered a format of 9 x 18 inches on aero roll film. During ten years of network activity only one meteorite fall was recorded, the Lost City meteorite in 1970.