Kumulus

This article is about the rocket. For the type of cloud, see Cumulus cloud.

Kumulus is the name of a rocket of the "Hermann-Oberth-Gesellschaft e.V.". The first Kumulus rocket was launched on December 20, 1960, near Cuxhaven. A Kumulus rocket is on display at the Hermann Oberth Space Travel Museum in Feucht.^[1]

Technical data

• Diameter: 15 cm
• Length: 3 m
• Thrust: 5 kN
• Maximum height: 20 km
• Payload: 5 kg (for 20 km altitude)
• Launch mass: 60 kg
• Mass without fuel and payload: 28 kg