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What is a Sounding Rocket

Jet Propulsion Laboratory https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ Jan. 25, 2017

What is a Sounding Rocket

Definition of a sounding rocket, what they study, flight trajectory, payload, and how they conduct science missions.

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