North Truro
| North Truro | |||
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 The Highland Light in the North Truro area |
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| Location in Massachusetts | |||
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Massachusetts | ||
| County : | Barnstable County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 4 ′ N , 70 ° 9 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
North Truro is a village within the urban area of Truro in the state of Massachusetts in the United States . Over half of the associated area belongs to the Cape Cod National Seashore .
At the end of the 1960s, there was a rocket launch site on the site of the North Truro Air Force Station . It was created in 1969 by US Air Force crews because the military Missile and Drone Division supported MIT in developing sensors. For this it was cheaper to build a new launch site near MIT. Under the project name Have Horn , sounding rockets of the Nike Hydac type were launched from here between December 1969 and the beginning of 1970 . Upon completion of the operation, the equipment used was returned to the base of the Missile and Drone Division, Holloman Air Force Base , New Mexico .
Web links
- North Truro in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
