List of sounding rockets

This is a list of sounding rockets used for suborbital research flights.

Argentina

• Gamma Centauro^[1]
• Gradicom-1^[2]
• Proson-M1^[3]
• Rigel series^[4]
  • Canopus-1,^[5] Canopus 2,^[6]
  • Castor (A)^[7]
  • Centenario^[8]
• Orión series^[9]
  • Orión-1, Orión-2^[10]

Australia

• Aeolus^[11]
• Aero High^[12]
• AUSROC series
  • AUSROC I, AUSROC II, AUSROC II-2, AUSROC 2.5, AUSROC III
• Cockatoo series
  • Cockatoo Mk 1, Cockatoo Mk 2, Cockatoo Mk 3, Cockatoo Mk 4^[13]
• Corella^[14]
• HEAC^[15]
• HAD^[16]
• HARP^[17]
• HAT^[18]
• Long Tom^[19]
• Lorikeet series
  • Lorikeet Mk-1,^[20] Lorikeet Mk-2^[21]
• Kookabura series
  • Kookaburra Mk.1, Kookaburra Mk.2, Kookaburra Mk.3^[22]
• Sighter^[23]
• Zuni^[24]

Brazil

• MB^[25]
• Sonda family^[26]
  • Sonda 1,^[27] Sonda 2,^[28] Sonda 3,^[29] Sonda 3 M1,^[30] Sonda 4^[31]
  • VS-30,^[32] VS-30/Orion,^[33] VS-40,^[34] VSB-30^[35]
• S-40 series
  • VS-40M
• VSV-30 (Brazilian Exploration Vehicle)^[36]

Canada

• Black Brant^[37][38]
• Black Brant 1 (Black Brant I)^[39]
• Black Brant 2, (Black Brant II)^[40] Black Brant 2B (Black Brant IIB)^[41]
• Black Brant 3, (Black Brant III)^[42] Black Brant 3B (Black Brant IIIB)^[43]
• Black Brant 4^[44] Black Brant 4A (Black Brant IVA),^[45] Black Brant 4B (Black Brant IVB)^[46]
• Black Brant 5,^[47] Black Brant 5A (Black Brant VA),^[48] Black Brant 5B (Black Brant VB),^[49] Black Brant 5C (Black Brant VC)^[50]
• Black Brant 6 (Black Brant VI)^[51]
• Black Brant 7 (Black Brant VAII)^[52]
• Black Brant 8 (Nike-Black Brant),^[53] Black Brant 8B,^[54] Black Brant 8C^[55]
• Black Brant 9, (Black Brant IX)^[56] Black Brant 9B, (Black Brant IXB)^[57] Black Brant 9BM1,^[58] Black Brant 9CM1 (Black Brant 9 Mod-1, Starfire-1)^[59]
• Black Brant 10, (Black Brant X)^[60] Black Brant 10B, (Black Brant XB)^[61] Black Brant 10CM1 (Black Brant Mod-1)^[62]
• Black Brant 11 (Black Brant XI),^[63] Black Brant 11-A^[64]
• Black Brant 12 (Black Brant XII),^[65] Black Brant 12-A^[66]
• Excalibur, Excalibur 2^[67][68]
• HARP 5-1,^[69] HARP 5-3,^[70]
• HARP 7-1,^[71] HARP 7-2^[72]
• Martlet,^[73] Martlet 1^[74]
• Martlet 2, Martlet 2A, Martlet 2B, Martlet 2C,^[75] Martlet 2G^[76]
• Martlet 3,^[77] Martlet 3A,^[78] Martlet 3B,^[79] Martlet 3D,^[80] Martlet 3E^[81]
• Martlet 4,^[82] Martlet 4A,^[83] Martlet 4B,^[84] Martlet 4C^[85]
• Scorpius SR-XM-1 (Wild Fire))^[86]

China

• 761^[87]
• DF-21^[88]
• THP2^[89]
• THP6^[90]
• T-7,^[91] T-7A,^[92] T-7A-S2,^[93] T-7A-S,^[94] T-7/GF-01A,^[95] T-7M^[96]
• Tianying-3C^[97][98]
• Zhinui^[99]

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Troposphere series^[100][101]
  • Troposphere 1, Troposphere 2, Troposphere 3, Troposphere 4, Troposphere 5, Troposphere 6

Egypt

• Al Kahir^[102][103]

France

• Antares^[104]
• Aurore^[105]
• Belenos^[106]
• Belia^[107]
• Belier family^[108]
  • Belier I (Jericho),^[109] Belier II (Export),^[110] Belier III (Vega),^[111]
• Belisama,^[112]
• Berenice series^[113]
  • Berenice-1,^[114] Berenice-2,^[115] Berenice-3^[116]
• Centaure, (Venus)^[117] Centaure 1,^[118] Centaure 2A,^[119] Centaure 2B,^[120] Centaure 2C^[121]
• Daniel^[122] l^[123]
• Dauphin^[124]
• Dragon (Stromboli),^[125] Dragon-2B,^[126] Dragon-3,^[127]
• Emma^[128]
• Epona^[129]
• Eridan^[130]
• Lex^[131]
• Meteo^[132] Meteo-MD^[133]
• Monica,^[134] Monica I,^[135] Monica IV^[136]
• Pegase^[137]
• Rubis^[138]
• Stromboli^[139]
• Tacite^[140]
• Titus^[141]
• Véronique^[142]
• Véronique 61,^[143] Véronique 61M,^[144] Véronique AGI,^[145] Véronique N,^[146] Véronique NA^[147]
• Vesta^[148]

Germany

• Mohr Rocket^[149]
• Forschungsflugkorper^[150]
• Cirrus,^[151] Cirrus I,^[152] Cirrus II,^[153]
• Poggensee^[154]
• Kumulus^[155]
• Seliger Rocket family,^[156] Seliger 1,^[157] Seliger 2,^[158] Seliger 3,^[159]
• V-2^[160]

Holland

• T-Minus Dart^[161]
• CanSat^[162]
• Stratos series
  • Stratos I,^[163] Stratos II,^[164] Stratos II+,^[165] Stratos III^[166]

India

• Rohini series^[167]
  • Menaka II^[168]
  • RH-75^[169]
  • RH-125^[170]
  • RH-200^[171]
  • RH-200SV^[172]
  • RH-300^[173]
  • RH-300/RH-200/RH-200^[174]
  • RH-300 Mk II^[175]
  • RH-560^[176]
  • RH-560 Mk II^[177]
  • RH-560/300 Mk II^[178]
• Advanced Technology Vehicle^[179]

Indonesia

• LAPAN^[180]
• RX-250^[181]
• RX-250-LPN^[182]

International

• CanSat^[183]

Iran

• Kavoshgar series^{[184][185][186][187][188][189]}
  • Kavoshgar 1 (Type A)^[190]
  • Kavoshgar 2, 3 (Type B)^[191]
  • Kavoshgar 4, 5, 6, Pishgam (Type C),^[192]
  • Kavoshgar Pazhuhesh (Type D)^[193]

Italy

• Rocksanne series
  • Rocksanne I-X, Rocksanne I-X CT
  • Rocksanne II-X
  • Rocksanne E-X
  • HRE100K (Hybrid Rocket Engine 100K)
• Sispre series
  • Sispre C-41^[194][195]
  • Sispre BDP Meteorological^[196]
  • Sispre multi-stage geophysical

Japan

• BT-310^[197]
• HM-16^[198]
• HIMES Rockoon^[199][200]
• JCR^[201]
• Kappa family,^[202] Kappa 1,^[203] Kappa 2,^[204] Kappa3,^[205] Kappa 4,^[206] Kappa 5,^[207] Kappa 6,^[208] Kappa 6H,^[209] Kappa 7,^[210] Kappa 8,^[211] Kappa 8L,^[212] Kappa 9,^[213] Kappa 9L,^[214] Kappa 9M,^[215] Kappa 10,^[216] Kappa 10C,^[217] Kappa 10S^[218]
• Lamba 2^[219]
• Lamba 3,^[220] Lamba 3H^[221]
• MT-135,^[222] MT-135JA^[223] MT-135P^[224]
• NAL-7^[225]
• NAL-16^[226]
• NAL-25^[227]
• S-A^[228]
• S-B^[229]
• S-C^[230]
• SA-II^[231]
• SB-735^[232]
• ST^[233]
• S-160^[234]
• S-210^[235]
• S-250^[236]
• S-300 ISAS^[237]
• S-310^[238]
• S-520,^[239] S-520-30^[240]
• SS-520^[241]
• TR-1A^[242]
• TT-200^[243]
• TT-210^[244]
• TT-500,^[245] TT-500A^{[246][247][248][249]}

New Zealand

• Atea-2^[250]

North Korea

• Hwasong 6^[251][252]

Norway

• Pantera^[253]

Pakistan

Pakistan's sounding rocket program used a variety of sounding rockets which were renamed in 3 series. Some flights were not given a Pakistani designation. Sounding rockets were flown from the Sonmiani Rocket Range.^{[254][255][256]}

• Centaure (a.k.a. Rehbar, Rehnuma, Shahpar)^[257]
• Dragon (a.k.a. Shahpar)^[258]
• Judy-Dart (a.k.a. Rehbar, Rehnuma)^[259]
• Nike-Apache (a.k.a. Rehbar)^[260]
• Nike-Cajun (a.k.a. Rehbar)^[261]
• Petrel (a.k.a. Rehbar)^[262]
• Skua (a.k.a. Rehbar)^[263]

Poland

• Meteor, family,^[264] Meteor-1,^[265] Meteor-2H,^[266] Meteor-2K,^[267] Meteor-3^[268]

Russia

• M-100,^[269] M-100 (A1)^[270] M-100A^[271] M-100B^[272]
• MERA^[273]
• MMR06^[274]
• MR-1 Meteo^[275][276]
• MR-12^[277]
• MR-20^[278]
• MR-25^[279]
• MR-30^[280]
• MT-135^[281]
• W-1B (R-1B), W-1D (R-1D), (W-1E (R-1E), W-1W (R-1W) Geophysical Rockets^[282][283]
• R-2A^[284][285]
• R-5A, R-5V (Vertikal)^[286][287]
• R-11A^[288][289]
• V-3V^[290]
• Vertical-4^[291]
• W-2A (R-2)^[292][293]

Spain

• INTA-100^[294]
• INTA-255^[295]
• INTA-300,^[296] INTA-300B^[297]

South Korea

• KARI KSR-I^[298]
• KARI KSR-II^[299]
• KARI KSR-III^[300]

Switzerland

• Micon Zenit^[301]

Taiwan

• Sounding Rocket^[302][303]

United Kingdom

• Skua family^[304]
  • Skua 1,^[305] Skua 2,^[306] Skua 3,^[307] Skua 4^[308]
• Petrelfamily^[309]
  • Petrel 1,^[310] Petrel 2^[311]
• Skylark family^[312][313]
  • Skylark 1,^[314] Skylark 2,^[315] Skylark 2 AC,^[316] Skylark 2C,^[317] Skylark 3,^[318] Skylark 3 AC,^[319] Skylark 4,^[320] Skylark 4 AC,^[321] Skylark 5,^[322] Skylark 5C,^[323] Skylark 6,^[324] Skylark 6 AC,^[325] Skylark 7,^[326] Skylark 7 AC,^[327] Skylark 7C,^[328] Skylark 8,^[329] Skylark 9,^[330] Skylark 10 (Skylark 10A),^[331] Skylark 11,^[332] Skylark 12,^[333] Skylark 12 AC,^[334] Skylark 14,^[335] Skylark 15,^[336] Skylark 16,^[337] Skylark 17,^[338]
• Fulmar^[339]

United States

• Aerobee family,^{[340][341][342][343]}
• Areobee RTV-N-8 (N-8a1, RTV-8 and Aerojet XASR-SC-1, all with the XASR-SC-1 engine )^[344][345]
• X-8 (RTV-A-1, RTV-N-10, and Aerojet XAR-SC-2, all with the Aerojet XASR-SC-1 engine)^{[346][347][348][349]}
• Areobee X-8A, (RTV-A-1a, RTV-N-10a, with Aerojet AJ10-25 engine),^{[350][351][352][353]}
• Areobee X-8B, (RTV-A-1b with Aerojet XAR-SC-1 engine - a test vehicle)^{[354][355][356]}
• Areobee X-8C (RTV-A-1c, with the Aerojet AJ10-25 engine)^{[357][358][359]}
• Areobee X-8D (RTV-A-1d, Aerojet AJ10-25 - apparently never launched)^[360][361]
• Aerobee RTV-N-10b, with the Aerojet AJ10-24 engine^[362]
• Aerobee RTV-N-10c, with the Aerojet AJ10-34 engine^[363]
• Aerobee AJ10-25 with the AJ10-25 engine,^[364]
• Aerobee AJ10-27 with the AJ10-27 engine,^[365]
• Aerobee AJ10-34, with the AJ10-34 engine,^[366]
• Aerobee 75 (Aerobee Hawk)^[367]
• Aerobee 100 (Aerobee Junior)^[368]
• Aerobee 150 (Aerobee-Hi, PWN-2),^[369] Aerobee 150 MI,^[370] Aerobee 150 MII^[371] Aerobee 150 MII 20^[372] Aerobee 150A,^[373] Aerobee 150A MII^[374]
• Aerobee 170 (Nike-Aerobee,),^[375] Areobee 170A^[376]
• Aerobee 200,^[377] Aerobee 200A,^[378]
• Aerobee 300 (Sparrowbee also Spaerobee),^[379] Aerobee 300A^[380]
• Aerobee 350^[381]
• Apache^[382]
• Ascamp^[383]
• Aspan 300^[384]
• Arcas,^[385] Arcas-Robin,^[386] Rooster,^[387] Super Arcas^[388]
• Archer (PWN-4)^{[389][390][391]}
• Argo A-1 (Percheron)^[392]
• Argus^[393]
• Aries^[394]
• Ascamp^[395]
• Asp I,^[396]
• Asp Apache^[397]
• Astrobee family,^[398] Astrobee D,^[399] Astrobee F,^[400] Astrobee 200,^[401] Astrobee 500,^[402] Astrobee 1500^[403]
• Athena RTV^[404]
• ATK LV^[405]
• Bullpup Apache^[406]
• Bullpup Cajun^[407]
• Blue Scout Junior^[408]
• Boosted Arcas,^[409] Boosted Arcas II,^[410]
• Boosted Dart^[411]
• Bumper^[412]
• Cajun^[413]
• Cajun Dart^[414]
• Caleb (Project Hi-Ho)^[415][416]
• Castor^[417]
• Castor Lance^[418]
• CleanSweep III,^[419] Cleansweep IIIA^[420]
• Dac Roc^[421]
• Deacon Arrow II^[422]
• Deacon Judi^[423]
• Doorknob 1^[424][425]
• Doorknob 2^[426]
• Exos (PWN-4)^[427]
• GoFast^[428]
• Hasp I,^[429] HASP II,^[430] HASP III^[431]
• HJ (Honest John) Hydac,^[432]>
• HJ Nike Hydac,^[433]
• HJ Nike Javelin,^[434]
• HJ Nike,^[435]
• HJ Nike Nike (Boa),^[436]
• HJ Orion^[437]
• Honest John-Tommahawk^[438]
• Hopi Dart^[439]
• HPB^[440]
• Hydra-Iris^[441][442]
• Hydra Sandhawk^[443][444]
• Improved Orion^[445]
• Iris^[446]
• Javelin (Argo D-4),^[447] Javelin III^[448]
• Jaguar B-47^[449]
• Jaguar B-57^[450]
• Journeyman (Argo D-8)^[451][452]
• Judy-Dart^[453]
• Kitty (PWN-6, Sidewinder-HV Arcas)^[454]
• Kiva/Hopi (Phoenix)^[455]
• LCLV^[456]
• Loki (PWN-1)^[457]
• Loki II (Hawk)^[458][459]
• Loki Dart (Loki-Wasp, XRM-82, PWN-1A, also PWN-8 PWN-8B, PWN-10, PWN-11, PWN-12 Loki Datasonde)^[460][461]
• Loki-Wasp^[462]
• Malemute^[463]
• Mesquito^[464]
• Microstar^[465]
• Nike,^[466] Nike Apache,^[467] Nike Hydac,^[468] Nike Iroquois (Niro),^[469] Nike Javelin,^[470] Nike Javelin 3,^[471] Nike Nike (Python),^[472] Nike Orion,^[473] Nike Orion Improved,^[474] Nike Tomahawk,^[475] Nike Viper 1,^[476] Nike Yardbird,^[477] Nike Cajun (PWN-3 a.k.a. CAN),^[478] Nike-Deacon (DAN),^[479] Nike Hawk,^[480] Nike Genie,^[481][482] Nike Smoke^{[483][484][485]}
• Oriole family,^[486] Oreole,^[487] Oriole I (Loki-Dart),^[488] Oreole II (Terrier-Oriole),^[489] Oriole III (Talos Terrier Mk 70 Oreole),^[490] Oriole IIIA (Terrier Oriole Nihka),^[491] Oriole IV (Talos Terrier Mk 70 Oreole Nihka),^[492]
• Orion,^[493] Improved Orion^[494]
• Owl^[495]
• Ozarca^[496]
• Paiute Apache^[497]
• Paiute Tomahawk^[498]
• Pegasus^[499]
• Peregrine^[500][501]
• Phoenix^[502]
• Prospector^[503]
• Purr-Kee^[504]
• PWN-5 Rocksonde 200^[505]
• PWN-8 Loki Datasonde, PWN-B, PWN-C, PWN-D^[506]
• PWN-10 Super Loki Datasonde, PWN-10A^[507]
• PWN-11 Super Loki Datasond, PWN-11A, PWN-11D (Datasonde)^[508]
• PWN-11 Super Loki Datasonde^[509]
• PWN-12 Super Loki ROBIN^[510]
• Raven^[511]
• Rockoon family,^[512][513] Deacon-Rockoon,^[514] Farside,^[515] HIMES Rockoon,^[516] Loki Rockoon,^[517] Hawk Rockoon^[518]
• Roksonde family^[519][520]
• Rooster (PWN-7)^[521]
• Seagull^[522]
• Sandhawk^[523]
• Sandhawk Tomahawk (Dualhawk)^[524]
• Sarge (under development)^[525][526]
• Sergeant Sounding Rocket^[527][528]
• Sergeant-Delta^[529]
• Sergeant Hydac^[530]
• Scout X-2^[531]
• Scanner^[532]
• Sirocco^[533]
• Sidewinder Arcas,^[534]
• Space Data LCLV^[535]
• SpaceLoft XL,^[536]
• Sparoair I^[537]
• Sparrow Arcas,^[538]
• Strongarm^[539]
• Strypi,^[540] Strypi IIAR,^[541] Strypi IIR,^[542] Strypi IV,^[543][544] Strypi VIIAR,^[545][546]
• Strypi-Tommahawk^[547]
• Super Arcas^[548]
• Super Chief,^[549] Super Chief II,^[550] Super Chief III^[551]
• Super Loki^[552]
• Super Loki Dart,^[553] PWN-10A, PWN-10B (Super Loki Datasonde),^[554] PWN-11 (Super Loki Datasonde),^[555] PWN-12, (Super Loki Robin)^[556]
• Talos Castor^[557]
• Talos Sergeant Hydac^[558]
• Talos Terrier Black Brant^[559]
• Talos Terrier Black Brant-Nihka^[560]
• Talos Terrier Oriole (Oriole 3)^[561]
• Talos Terrier Oriole Nihka (Oriole 4)^[562]
• Talos Terrier Perrgrine^[563]
• Taurus Orion^[564]
• Taurus Tomahawk^[565]
• Taurus Tomahawk Nike (Taurus-Nike-Tommahawk)^[566][567]
• Terasca^[568]
• Terarapin^[569]
• Terrier^[570]
• Terrier /551^[571]
• Terrier Asp (Tarp)^[572]
• Terrier ASROC Cajun (TERESCA)^[573]
• Terrier Black Brant^[574]
• Terrier Improved Orion^[575]
• Terrier Malemute,^[576] Terrier Improved Malemute (Terrier Mk.70 Patriot)^[577]
• Terrier Improved Nihka
• Terrier Oriole Nihka^[578]
• Terrier Orion,^[579] Terrier Improved Orion^[580]
• Terrier Perrgrine^[581]
• Terrier Sandhawk^[582]
• Terrier Sounding Rocket^[583]
• Terrier Tomahawk^[584]
• Tiamat^[585]
• Tic^[586]
• Tomahawk^[587]
• Tomahawk Sandia^[588]
• Ute^[589]
• Ute Apache^[590]
• Ute Tomahawk^[591]
• V-2^[592][593]
• Viking,^[594] Viking Type 9^[595]
• Viper Dart,^[596] Viper IIA,^[597] Viper 3A/10D Dart,^[598] Viper V/Dart^[599]
• Viper Falcon^[600]
• Wac Corporal^[601][602]
• Wasp^[603]
• X-15A^[604]

Panoramic photo of the three sounding rockets in the rocket garden behind the Visitor's Center at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Green Belt, Maryland, USA. At left is a vertical Black Brant VIII Sounding Rocket, with a horizontal Argo D-4 Javelin and horizontal Nike Tomahawk in front.

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