Churchill Rocket Research Range
Complex seen from Landsat 7 in June 2013 | |
| Location | Near Churchill, Manitoba |
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| Coordinates | 58°44′03″N 93°49′13″W / 58.73417°N 93.82028°W |
| Short name | Fort Churchill |
| Operator | Defence Research Board (1954-1958) United States Army (1959-1970) National Research Council (1970-1989) Akjuit Aerospace (1994-1998) |
| Total launches | 3,500 |
| Launch pad(s) | 4 |
| Official name | Churchill Rocket Research Range National Historic Site of Canada |
| Designated | 1988 |
The Churchill Rocket Research Range is a Canadian former rocket launch site located 23 kilometres (14 mi) outside Churchill, Manitoba. The facility was used by Canada and the United States beginning in 1954 for sub-orbital launches of sounding rockets to study the upper atmosphere. The site was scientifically beneficial due to lying in the center of a zone containing high aurora activity. Over 3,500 sub-orbital flights were launched from the site.
The site is sometimes referred to as Fort Churchill after the nearby former military base (now Churchill Airport) and is connected by an all-weather gravel road to the town of Churchill.