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FFAR
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Folding-Fin Air Rocket, boosted by 1 x Mk7. Unguided fighter weapon, later used as sounding rocket....more.
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Double FFAR
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Mk7 + 1 x Mk7...more.
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HVAR
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High-Velocity Air Rocket. An unguided fighter weapon, it was later adapted for use by NACA in the early 1950's to boost subscale aerodynamic models to supersonic speed....more.
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HVAR FFAR
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x HVAR + 1 x Mk7...more.
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Lark
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Lark missile....more.
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Cajun
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The Cajun research rocket was developed as a dimensionally-similar but higher performance successor to the Deacon....more.
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Doorknob
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Vehicle using rocket stages from Lacrosse missile....more.
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Farside
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Project Farside was an attempt to reach extreme altitudes with the rockoon concept. Using a four-stage solid-propellant rocket hung below a 106 188-m3 (3 750 000-ft3)...more.
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Long Tom
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Long Tom + 1 x Mayfly...more.
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M-100
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Two-stage, solid propellant, fin stabilized, unguided Russian sounding rocket, fired in greater numbers than any other. At least 6,640 were fired to the edge of...more.
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Monica
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3 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Monica St 1 + 1 x Monica St 2 + 1 x Monica St 3...more.
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RM-10
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Two-stage test vehicle to make heat transfer studies at high speed in free flight, launched from NACA's Pilotless Aircraft Reserach Station at Wallops Island, Va....more.
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Aeolus
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Aeolus Booster + 1 x Mayfly...more.
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Arcon
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Arcon booster + 1 x Arcon...more.
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Leopard
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2 stage aerodynamic test vehicle consisting of 1 x Rook + 1 x Gosling. Developed from the basic Rook vehicle for tests requiring higher velocities....more.
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Rook
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Single stage vehicle consisting of a Rook solid rocket motor. Used initially for supersonic tests of aircraft models....more.
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Iris
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Sounding rocket developed by Navy, then handed over to NASA. Flown only four times, but then used in unique Hydra-Iris test series....more.
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Jaguar RTV
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The Jaguar was designed by the RAE Supersonics Department as part of the HRV (Hypersonic Research Vehicle) program. This was a joint project with the Australian...more.
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Kiva/Hopi
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Kiva + 1 x Hopi...more.
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Argus
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NASA Bios (biological investigation of space)....more.
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Meteo
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Meteo...more.
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Dac Roc
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Dac Roc...more.
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Emma
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Emma Booster + 1 x Emma...more.
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HAT
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x HAT + 1 x LAPSTAR...more.
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Meteor
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American , development started in 1945. Program cancelled in 1954. Family of sounding rockets....more.
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S
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x S-A...more.
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Seagull
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Seagull...more.
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Tomahawk Sandia
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Single stage vehicle using a Tomahawk motor....more.
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Lex
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Lex...more.
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MT-135
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Miniature weather observation rocket, single stage vehicle....more.
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Sirocco
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Sirocco...more.
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HM-16
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x HM-16...more.
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MR-12
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The MR-12 sounding rocket was developed by the Soviet Union as a modern replacement for the MR-1 Meteo. It was a single stage solid rocket with a 170 kg payload....more.
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MR-20
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Upper atmosphere Soviet sounding rocket, improved version of MR-12, but capable of lofting 135 kg to 250 km altitude....more.
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NAL
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Single stage vehicles....more.
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Orion-1
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Orion-1...more.
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S-160
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x S-160...more.
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ST
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x ST...more.
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Vesta
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In the late 1950's LRBA studied several possible configurations for a 'Super Veronique' sounding rocket, with engines of 80 to 250 kN to carry a payload of 100...more.
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S-300 ISAS
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x S-300...more.
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Sandhawk
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Sandhawk...more.
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Petrel
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Petrel was a larger sounding rocket built by Bristol Aerojet using the same tube-launch technique as Skua. A total of 240 Petrels were launched from 1967-1982 from many sites around the world....more.
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RH-75
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Single stage vehicle...more.
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Zenit
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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....more.
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Epona
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Belisama + 1 x Belisama...more.
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SA-II
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x SA-II...more.
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Canopus 2
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Canopus...more.
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Castor (A)
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 4 x Canopus + 1 x Canopus...more.
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INTA-255
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Vehicle consisting of 4 x Chick + 1 x Goose. All motors ignited simultaneously at lift-off, the Chicks burning for 0.2 seconds, while the Goose continued for 17 seconds....more.
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JCR
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x JCR...more.
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Kookaburra
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Lupus + 1 x Musca...more.
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Rigel
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Canopus + 1 x Orion-2...more.
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S-210
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Single stage ionospheric sounding rocket used for research from Japan's Antarctic base....more.
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S-250
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x S-250...more.
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Sandhawk Tomahawk
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Sandhawk + 1 x Tomahawk...more.
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NOTS 401A Sandhawk
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x NOTS 401A + 1 x Sandhawk...more.
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Ute Tomahawk
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Ute + 1 x Tomahawk...more.
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Paiute Apache
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Paiute + 1 x Apache...more.
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Paiute Tomahawk
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Paiute + 1 x Tomahawk...more.
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Ute Apache
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Ute + 1 x Apache...more.
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Lorikeet
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Dorado + 1 x Lupus...more.
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Pedro Recruit
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Pedro + 1 x Recruit...more.
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S-310
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x S-310...more.
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TT-200
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x TT-200...more.
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Malemute
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Malemute...more.
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MMR-06
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Soviet solid propellant sounding rocket, capable of lofting 5 to 11 kg to 60 km altitude. Launch mass 130 kg, 9 seconds burn time. Nose ejects at apogee. Flown...more.
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TT-500
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Small, half-meter diameter, two stage suborbital rocket used for tracking system and microgravity tests....more.
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S-520
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x S-520...more.
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RX-250-LPN
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x RX-250-LPN...more.
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TR-1
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x TR-1...more.
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Zhinui
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x ZN-1...more.
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AMROC IRR
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Single stage vehicle consisting of 1 x AMROC IRR...more.
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MERA
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Two-stage small meteorological sounding rocket, consisting of two identical solid rocket motors in tandem, stabilised by fins, topped by a payload dart with instrumentation....more.
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Astrid
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Single stage vehicle to demonstrate laser-pumped propulsion....more.
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ST-735
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x ST-735 + 1 x ST-735 stage 2...more.
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Hyperion FPDP
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SS-520
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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x S-520 + 1 x SS-520 St 2...more.
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GBI
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3 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x GEM-40 + 1 x Orbus 1 + 1 x Orbus 1...more.
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