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List of sounding rockets

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This is a list of sounding rockets used for suborbital research flights.

Argentina

Australia

  • Aeolus[10]
  • Aero High[11]
  • AUSROC series
    • AUSROC I, AUSROC II, AUSROC II-2, AUSROC 2.5, AUSROC III
  • Cockatoo series
    • Cockatoo Mk 1, Cockatoo Mk 2, Cockatoo Mk 3, Cockatoo Mk 4[12]
  • Corella[13]
  • HEAC[14]
  • HAD[14]
  • HARP[14]
  • HAT[14]
  • Long Tom[15]
  • Lorikeet series
  • Kookabura series
    • Kookaburra Mk.1, Kookaburra Mk.2, Kookaburra Mk.3[18]
  • Sighter[19]
  • Zuni[20]

Brazil

Canada

  • Black Brant family[33][34]
    • Black Brant 1 (Black Brant I),[35]
    • Black Brant 2 (Black Brant II),[36] Black Brant 2B (Black Brant IIB)[37]
    • Black Brant 3 (Black Brant III),[38] Black Brant 3B (Black Brant IIIB)[39]
    • Black Brant 4,[40] Black Brant 4A (Black Brant IVA),[41] Black Brant 4B (Black Brant IVB)[42]
    • Black Brant 5,[43] Black Brant 5A (Black Brant VA),[44] Black Brant 5B (Black Brant VB),[45] Black Brant 5C (Black Brant VC)[46]
    • Black Brant 6 (Black Brant VI)[47]
    • Black Brant 7 (Black Brant VAII)[48]
    • Black Brant 8 (Nike-Black Brant),[49] Black Brant 8B,[50] Black Brant 8C[51]
    • Black Brant 9 (Black Brant IX),[52] Black Brant 9B, (Black Brant IXB),[53] Black Brant 9BM1,[54] Black Brant 9CM1 (Black Brant 9 Mod-1, Starfire-1)[55]
    • Black Brant 10 (Black Brant X),[56] Black Brant 10B (Black Brant XB),[57] Black Brant 10CM1 (Black Brant Mod-1)[58]
    • Black Brant 11 (Black Brant XI),[59] Black Brant 11-A[60]
    • Black Brant 12 (Black Brant XII),[61] Black Brant 12-A[60]
  • Excalibur family
  • HARP family
  • Martlet family
  • Scorpius SR-XM-1 (Wild Fire)[77]
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China

Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Troposphere series[91][92]
    • Troposphere 1, Troposphere 2, Troposphere 3, Troposphere 4, Troposphere 5, Troposphere 6

Egypt

France

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Germany

The Netherlands

India

Indonesia

International

Iran

Italy

  • Rocksanne series
    • Rocksanne I-X, Rocksanne I-X CT
    • Rocksanne II-X
    • Rocksanne E-X
    • HRE100K (Hybrid Rocket Engine 100K)
  • Sispre series

Japan

Malaysia

New Zealand

North Korea

Norway

Pakistan

Pakistan's sounding rocket program used a variety of sounding rockets which were renamed in 3 series. Some flights were not given a Pakistani designation. Sounding rockets were flown from the Sonmiani Rocket Range.[247][248][249]

Poland

Russia

Spain

South Korea

Switzerland

Taiwan

United Kingdom

United States

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Photo of the three sounding rockets in the rocket garden behind the Visitor's Center at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Green Belt, Maryland, USA. At left is a vertical Black Brant VIII Sounding Rocket, with a horizontal Argo D-4 Javelin and horizontal Nike Tomahawk in front.

Vietnam

See also

References

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