It’s a long way up inside this tower, but not as far as its contents can reach. This is the Esrange launch tower in Sweden, and it’s used to loft suborbital rockets 170 miles into space.
Unlike open launch pads that are often used to launch rockets, this tower allows the contents to be kept warm and protected from the elements. That’s particularly important given that this launch site is 145 km north of the Arctic Circle. In fact, the launch site has a plethora of weather-sensing…
Peer Up Inside This Rocket Launch Tower
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