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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. ..... Click the link for more information. with instrumentation capable of measuring and transmitting meteorological data to altitudes of 250,000 ft (76,200 m). See radiosonde radiosonde (rā`dēōsŏnd) ..... Click the link for more information. . |
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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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