rockoon sounding

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• rockoon — ☆ rockoon [rä ko͞on′, räk′o͞on ] n. [ ROCK(ET) + (BALL)OON] a high altitude sounding system in which a rocket is launched upward from a balloon that has reached its maximum altitude …   English World dictionary

• rockoon — n. device used for high altitude sounding comprising a small rocket which is launched from a balloon …   English contemporary dictionary

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• James Van Allen — * April 5 1950Van Allen left APL to accept a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation research fellowship at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.* 1951James Van Allen became head of the physics department at the University of Iowa. Before long,… …   Wikipedia

• Nike-Cajun — A Nike Cajun in launch position. The Nike Cajun was a two stage sounding rocket built by combining a Nike base stage with a Cajun upper stage. It was launched 714 times between 1956 and 1976 and was the most frequently used sounding rocket of the …   Wikipedia

• Nike-Deacon — is the designation of an American sounding rocket. The Nike Deacon has a ceiling of 189 km, a takeoff thrust of 217 kN, a takeoff weight of 710 kg, a diameter of 0.42 m and a length of 7.74 m. References… …   Wikipedia

• Deacon (rocket) — Deacon is the designation of an American sounding rocket. The Deacon was launched 90 times from 1947 to 1957 from Wallops Island. The Deacon has a maximum flight height of 20 kilometers and a pay load ability of 17 kilograms. The takeoff thrust… …   Wikipedia

• Near space — Picture taken at approximately 100,000 ft (30,000 m) above Oregon. Near space is the region of Earth s atmosphere that lies between 65,000 and 325,000–350,000 feet (20 to 100 km) above sea level, encompassing the stratosphere …   Wikipedia

• Loki (rocket) — It was so successful in this role that several advanced versions were developed on the basic Loki layout, including the final Super Loki.DevelopmentTaifun was powered by a hypergolic mixture pressure fed into the combustion chamber. The pressure… …   Wikipedia

• NAOTS — (Naval Aviation Ordnance Test Station) was a United States Navy base located at 37°55′N 75°22′W / 37.917°N 75.367°W / 37.917; 75.367, near Chincoteague, VA, that was used as a suborbital launch site. In 1955, res …   Wikipedia

• Skyhook balloon — The skyhook balloon launched in 1957 to photograph the sun Skyhook balloons were balloons developed by Otto C. Winzen and General Mills, Inc., and used by the United States Navy Office of Naval Research in the late 1940s and in the 1950s for… …   Wikipedia