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A suborbital rocket used to launch upper atmosphere, exoatmospheric, and microgravity sondes or probes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, space-science
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a research rocket used to obtain information about the atmosphere at various altitudes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: test rocket, research rocket, test instrument vehicle
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3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
探空火箭
(tànkōng huǒjiàn)
— rocket
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Finnish:
luotainraketti
— rocket
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Swedish:
sondraket
— rocket