V-2 sounding rocket
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v-2-sounding-rocket-303-11314286
title:
V-2 sounding rocket
text:
German V-2 rockets captured by the United States Army at the end of World War II were used as sounding rockets to carry scientific instruments into the Earth's upper atmosphere, and into sub-orbital space, at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) for a program of atmospheric and solar investigation through the late 1940s. Rocket trajectory was intended to carry the rocket about 100 miles (160 km) high and 30 miles (48 km) horizontally from WSMR Launch Complex 33. Impact velocity of returning rockets
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Captured German V-2 rockets modified to carry scientific instruments
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_sounding_rocket
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date modified:
2024-03-22T09:51:44Z
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13
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