• Micon. - surface-to-air missile - The dual-thrust (45 kN then 22 kN) solid propellant motor providing a total impulse of 900 kN-sec.

• Oerlikon 54. - surface-to-air missile - Pioneering Swiss surface-to-air missile. Development leading to this missile began as early as 1947.

• Oerlikon GTA. - surface-to-air missile -

• Zenit. - sounding rocket - Sounding rocket using the motor developed for the Micon surface-to-air missile. The Cuckoo was used as a booster on the final two tests.

• Bruemmer. - Renate Luise Bruemmer Swiss Engineer Astronaut. Born 4 May 1955.

• Hueter. - Hans Hueter Rocket engineer. Born 21 March 1906. Died 6 September 1970.

• Nicollier. - Claude Nicollier Swiss Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 2 September 1944. Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 42.50 days.

1959 January 3 - Launch Vehicle: Alfa.

• Switzerland decided to pursue development of nuclear weapons Level: 1.

• Swiss military joint plans for nuclear warhead ballistic missiles. Swiss military joint staff issued a recommendation to have 250 nuclear weapons, including 100 on rockets, by 1980. Level: 1.

• Test mission Agency: University of Bern. Apogee: 145 km (90 mi). References: 572. Level: 1.

• Switzerland definitively ended its nuclear-tipped rocket program. Switzerland ratified the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and ended its under-funded nuclear program. Level: 1.