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Fort Churchill Arctic Rocket Site Opens to Press
Fort Churchill in Manitoba, dubbed the Cape Canaveral of the Frozen North, opened to American and Canadian reporters during a July solar eclipse. The U S Air Force and Canadian defense researchers use the Arctic facility for geophysical studies and testing rockets with payloads up to 200 pounds, reaching about 150 miles high.
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Fort Churchill
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Cape Canaveral
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Hudson Bay
Arctic Circle
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Defense Research Board
Air Force Office of Aerospace Research
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