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A sounding rocket, sometimes called a research rocket, is an instrument-carrying rocket designed to take measurements and perform scientific experiments during its sub-orbital flight. The origin of the term comes from the nautical term to take a sounding, meaning to take a measurement.
The rockets are commonly used to take readings or carry instruments from 50 to 1,500 kilometers (30–932 mi) above the surface of the Earth, the altitude generally between weather balloons and satellites; the region above the maximum altitude for balloons is about 40 km (25 miles) and the minimum for satellites is approximately 120 kilometers (75 mi). Certain sounding rockets, such as the Black Brant X and XII, have an apogee between 1,000 and 1,500 kilometers (621–932 mi), well above low Earth orbit. Sounding rockets often use military surplus rocket motors.

Operators

The British Skylark (rocket) was designed in 1955 and had over four hundred launches before ceasing use in 2005.
Rocket Lab Develops and launches the highly adaptable Atea series of sounding rockets to carry payloads between 10 and 70 kg to altitudes in excess of 250 km.
The Australian Space Research Institute (ASRI) operates a Small Sounding Rocket Program (SSRP) for launching payloads (mostly educational) to altitudes of about 7 km.
Iranian Space Agency operated its first sounding rocket in February 2007.
UP Aerospace operates the UP Aerospace SpaceLoftXL sounding rockets that can reach altitudes of 225 km.
The German TEXUS and MINITEXUS Programmes.
The Swedish Space Corporation's MASER Programme, for payloads up to 395kg and/or 320km.
The EADS-ST and Swedish Space Corporation MAXUS Programme.
The NASA Sounding Rocket Program
The JAXA operate the sounding rockets S-310/S-520/SS-520
Beyond-Earth Enterprises
REXUS Program of the Swedish Space Corporation

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