sounding rocket
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sounding rocket
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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The experiment took place on 1 October 2022 -- on board of the sounding rocket TEXUS-57 that was launched from the Esrange Space Center, 40 kilometers east of Kiruna in Sweden.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024
It turned out to be a sounding rocket launched from Wallops Island, Va., as part of research for Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023
After four failed tests, the V-2 rocket lifted off from a missile range in New Mexico, releasing a second-stage sounding rocket that attained Mach 6.7.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 8, 2020
The company was the first private company to reach space in the southern hemisphere in 2009 with a suborbital sounding rocket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2014
Or, for an admittedly steep $1 million to $2 million, researchers can put automated equipment on a sounding rocket that provides up to 20 minutes of microgravity far above Earth's atmosphere.
From Nature ● May 4, 2011
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