Cirrus_(rocket)

Cirrus (rocket)

Cirrus (rocket)

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The Cirrus is a sounding rocket with two stages, developed by the "Hermann Oberth Society".[2] Its only launches were both on September 16, 1961, at Cuxhaven.[1] The maximum height of the Cirrus, depending on the version, is 35 kilometres with a single stage or 50 kilometres for the 2 stage version.

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A Cirrus rocket is exhibited at the Hermann Oberth Space Travel Museum in Feucht, Germany.

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  1. [1]
    Colin Burgess; Chris Dubbs (5 July 2007). Animals in Space: From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 99–. ISBN 978-0-387-49678-8.
  2. [2]
    Flight International. Illiffe Transport Publications. 1964.


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