Research Applications
Sounding rockets are commonly used for:
- Research in aeronomy, which requires this tool for in situ measurements in the upper atmosphere
- Ultraviolet and X-ray astronomy, which require being above the bulk of the Earth's atmosphere
- Microgravity research, which benefits from a few minutes of weightlessness on rockets launched to altitudes of a few hundred kilometers
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