SISPRE
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SISPRE is the designation of two models of Italian solid fuel sounding rockets.[1]
Developed by SISPRE (Societa Italiana per lo Studio della Propulsione a Reazione)[1], the C-41 weighed 75 kilograms and was launched six times in the summer 1960 from Salto di Quirra.
A later version, the 160-70, weighed 45 kilograms, was 2.44 meters long, and had a ceiling of 70 km. The 160-70 was launched five times between 1961 and 1963.
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- ^ a b Russo, Arturo. "The space age and the origin of space research". In The Century of Space Science, Ed. Johan A. M Bleeker, Johannes Geiss, and Martin C. E. Huber, Vol. 1, 2001, p. 52. ISBN 0792371968
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