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rocketsonde
(redirected from Meteorological rocket)

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rocketsonde, rocket rocket, any vehicle propelled by ejection of the gases produced by combustion of self-contained propellants. Rockets are used in fireworks, as military weapons, and in scientific applications such as space exploration.
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 with instrumentation capable of measuring and transmitting meteorological data to altitudes of 250,000 ft (76,200 m). See radiosonde radiosonde (rā`dēōsŏnd)
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The German Democratic Republic, since October 1989, had regularly launched meteorological rockets from a ground station at Zingst, to determine temperatures and winds at altitudes of up to 75 kilometres.
 
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