sounding rocket
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n.
A rocket used to make observations anywhere within the earth's atmosphere.
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Meaning #1:
a research rocket used to obtain information about the atmosphere at various altitudes
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- Kiruna (city, Sweden)
- European Space Agency (organization, Europe – in space)
- George R. Carruthers
- space science (in space, science)
