Kronogård

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Kronogård is the name of a disused launch site for sounding rockets in the north of Sweden Jokkmokk Municipality, about 60 kilometers south of the town of Jokkmokk.

Kronogård was originally a hunting station for foresters and hunters in the service of the Crown. In the 1950s, a temporary launch site was built and 1961-1964 were numerous missiles, launched mainly of type Nike -Cajun to explore the upper atmosphere. In this case, heights of up to 135 km have been achieved. After the completion of the rocket launch site Esrange in 1966 Kronogård was shut down.

Today there is a camping site and a facility with cabins, some of which were built on the foundations of the launchers.

In the vicinity there is still the test area Vidsel for ground-air and air - to-air missiles of the Swedish Air Force. There are also test flights with manned ( Saab 39 Gripen ) and unmanned aerial vehicles operated.