Mercury topographic map
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About this map
Name: Mercury topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Mercury, Nye County, Nevada, 89023, United States (36.64051 -116.01447 36.68051 -115.97447)
Average elevation: 1,183 m
Minimum elevation: 1,051 m
Maximum elevation: 1,431 m
In 1957, the US Navy launched nine atmospheric sounding rockets to measure nuclear radiation and other atmospheric data, using Mercury as a staging area. The Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory conducted its first test flight in 1956. This test rocket lifted 13.6 kilograms (30 lb) to an altitude of 40 kilometres (25 mi).