This is a list of sounding rockets used for suborbital research flights.
Argentina Centauro series Alfa Centauro, Beta Centauro, Gamma Centauro Canopus series Canopus 1, Canopus 2 Gradicom series GRADICOM I (PCX-900), GRADICOM II (PCX2), GRADICOM III Proson-M1 Rigel Castor (A) Centenario Orión series Orión-1, Orión-2 Tauro
Australia Aeolus Aero High 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 Corella HEAC HAD HARP HAT Long Tom Lorikeet series Lorikeet Mk-1, Lorikeet Mk-2 Kookaburra series Kookaburra Mk.1, Kookaburra Mk.2, Kookaburra Mk.3 Sighter Zuni
Brazil MB Sonda family Sonda 1, Sonda 2, Sonda 3, Sonda 3 M1, Sonda 4 VS-30, VS-30/Orion, VS-40, VSB-30 S-40 series VS-40M VSV-30 (Brazilian Exploration Vehicle)
Canada Black Brant family Black Brant 1 (Black Brant I), Black Brant 2 (Black Brant II), Black Brant 2B (Black Brant IIB) Black Brant 3 (Black Brant III), Black Brant 3B (Black Brant IIIB) Black Brant 4, Black Brant 4A (Black Brant IVA), Black Brant 4B (Black Brant IVB) Black Brant 5, Black Brant 5A (Black Brant VA), Black Brant 5B (Black Brant VB), Black Brant 5C (Black Brant VC) Black Brant 6 (Black Brant VI) Black Brant 7 (Black Brant VAII) Black Brant 8 (Nike-Black Brant), Black Brant 8B, Black Brant 8C Black Brant 9 (Black Brant IX), Black Brant 9B, (Black Brant IXB), Black Brant 9BM1, Black Brant 9CM1 (Black Brant 9 Mod-1, Starfire-1) Black Brant 10 (Black Brant X), Black Brant 10B (Black Brant XB), Black Brant 10CM1 (Black Brant Mod-1) Black Brant 11 (Black Brant XI), Black Brant 11-A Black Brant 12 (Black Brant XII), Black Brant 12-A Excalibur family Excalibur, Excalibur 2 HARP family HARP 5-1, HARP 5-3, HARP 7-1, HARP 7-2 Martlet family Martlet, Martlet 1 Martlet 2, Martlet 2A, Martlet 2B, Martlet 2C, Martlet 2G Martlet 3, Martlet 3A, Martlet 3B, Martlet 3D, Martlet 3E Martlet 4, Martlet 4A, Martlet 4B, Martlet 4C Scorpius SR-XM-1 (Wild Fire)
China 761 DF-21 THP2 THP6 T-7, T-7A, T-7A-S2, T-7A-S, T-7/GF-01A, T-7M Tianying-3C Zhinui
Democratic Republic of the Congo Troposphere series Troposphere 1, Troposphere 2, Troposphere 3, Troposphere 4, Troposphere 5, Troposphere 6
Egypt Al Kahir
France Antares Aurore Belenos Belia Bélier family Bélier I (Jericho), Belier II (Export), Bélier III (Vega), Belisama, Bérénice series Bérénice-1, Berenice-2, Berenice-3 Centaure family Centaure (Venus) Centaure 1, Centaure 2A, Centaure 2B, Centaure 2C Daniel Dauphin Dragon family Dragon (Stromboli), Dragon-2B, Dragon-3, Emma Epona Éridan LEX Meteo family Meteo, Meteo-MD Monica family Monica, Monica I, Monica IV Pegase Rubis Stromboli Tacite Titus Véronique family Véronique 61, Véronique 61M, Véronique AGI, Véronique N, Véronique NA Vesta
Germany Mohr Rocket Forschungsflugkorper Cirrus family Cirrus, Cirrus I, Cirrus II Poggensee Kumulus Seliger Rocket family Seliger 1, Seliger 2, Seliger 3, V-2
The Netherlands T-Minus Dart CanSat Stratos series Stratos I, Stratos II, Stratos II+, Stratos III
India Rohini series Menaka II RH-75 RH-125 RH-200 RH-200SV RH-300 RH-300/RH-200/RH-200 RH-300 Mk II RH-560 RH-560 Mk II RH-560/300 Mk II Advanced Technology Vehicle Vyom
Indonesia LAPAN RX-250 RX-250-LPN
International CanSat
Iran Kavoshgar series Kavoshgar 1 (Type A) Kavoshgar 2, 3 (Type B) Kavoshgar 4, 5, 6, Pishgam (Type C), Kavoshgar Pazhuhesh (Type D) Salman
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 Sispre BDP Meteorological Sispre multi-stage geophysical
Japan BT-310 HM-16 HIMES Rockoon JCR Kappa family Kappa 1, Kappa 2, Kappa3, Kappa 4, Kappa 5, Kappa 6, Kappa 6H, Kappa 7, Kappa 8, Kappa 8L, Kappa 9, Kappa 9L, Kappa 9M, Kappa 10, Kappa 10C, Kappa 10S Lamba family Lamba 2, Lamba 3, Lamba 3H MT-135, MT-135JA MT-135P NAL-7 NAL-16 NAL-25 S-A S-B S-C SA-II SB-735 ST S-Series family S-160, S-210, S-250, S-300 ISAS, S-310, S-520, S-520-30, SS-520 TR-1A TT-200 TT-210 TT-500, TT-500A
Malaysia Low Satellite Level Project
New Zealand Atea-1 Atea-2 HASTE Weka Sounding Rocket
North Korea Hwasong 6
Norway Pantera
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.
Rehbar series Nike-Apache Nike-Cajun Petrel Skua Centaure Judi-Dart Rehnuma series Centaure Judi-Dart Shahpar series Centaure Dragon
Poland Meteor, family, Meteor-1, Meteor-2H, Meteor-2K, Meteor-3 ILR-33 AMBER
Russia M-100, M-100 (A1) M-100A M-100B MERA MMR06 MR-1 Meteo MR-12 MR-20 MR-25 MR-30 MT-135 W-1B (R-1B), W-1D (R-1D), (W-1E (R-1E), W-1W (R-1W) Geophysical Rockets R-2A R-5A, R-5V (Vertikal) R-11A V-3V Vertical-4 W-2A (R-2)
Spain INTA-100 INTA-255 INTA-300, INTA-300B PLD Space Miura 1
South Korea Blackbird HANBIT-TLV KARI KSR-I KARI KSR-II KARI KSR-III
Switzerland Micon Zenit
Taiwan Sounding Rocket
United Kingdom Skua family Skua 1, Skua 2, Skua 3, Skua 4 Petrel family Petrel 1, Petrel 2 Skylark family Skylark 1, Skylark 2, Skylark 2 AC, Skylark 2C, Skylark 3, Skylark 3 AC, Skylark 4, Skylark 4 AC, Skylark 5, Skylark 5C, Skylark 6, Skylark 6 AC, Skylark 7, Skylark 7 AC, Skylark 7C, Skylark 8, Skylark 9, Skylark 10 (Skylark 10A), Skylark 11, Skylark 12, Skylark 12 AC, Skylark 14, Skylark 15, Skylark 16, Skylark 17, Fulmar
United States Aerobee family, Aerobee RTV-N-8 (N-8a1, RTV-8 and Aerojet XASR-SC-1, all with the XASR-SC-1 engine ) X-8 (RTV-A-1, RTV-N-10, and Aerojet XAR-SC-2, all with the Aerojet XASR-SC-1 engine) Aerobee X-8A, (RTV-A-1a, RTV-N-10a, with Aerojet AJ10-25 engine), Aerobee X-8B, (RTV-A-1b with Aerojet XAR-SC-1 engine - a test vehicle) Aerobee X-8C (RTV-A-1c, with the Aerojet AJ10-25 engine) Aerobee X-8D (RTV-A-1d, Aerojet AJ10-25 - apparently never launched) Aerobee RTV-N-10b, with the Aerojet AJ10-24 engine Aerobee RTV-N-10c, with the Aerojet AJ10-34 engine Aerobee AJ10-25 with the AJ10-25 engine, Aerobee AJ10-27 with the AJ10-27 engine, Aerobee AJ10-34, with the AJ10-34 engine, Aerobee 75 (Aerobee Hawk) Aerobee 100 (Aerobee Junior) Aerobee 150 (Aerobee-Hi, PWN-2), Aerobee 150 MI, Aerobee 150 MII Aerobee 150 MII 20 Aerobee 150A, Aerobee 150A MII Aerobee 170 (Nike-Aerobee,), Areobee 170A Aerobee 200, Aerobee 200A, Aerobee 300 (Sparrowbee also Spaerobee), Aerobee 300A Aerobee 350 Aims-1 Apache APEP Ascamp Aspan 300 Arcas, Arcas-Robin, Rooster, Super Arcas Archer (PWN-4) Argo A-1 (Percheron) Argus Aries Ascamp Asp I, Asp Apache Astrobee family Astrobee, Astrobee D, Astrobee F, Astrobee 200, Astrobee 500, Astrobee 1500 Athena RTV ATK LV Bullpup Apache Bullpup Cajun Blue Scout Junior Boosted Arcas, Boosted Arcas II, Boosted Dart Bumper Cajun Cajun Dart Caleb (Project Hi-Ho) Castor Castor Lance CleanSweep III, Cleansweep IIIA Dac Roc Deacon Arrow II Deacon Judi Doorknob 1 Doorknob 2 Exos (PWN-4) GoFast Gold Chain Cowboy Hasp I, HASP II, HASP III HJ (Honest John) Hydac, HJ Nike Hydac, HJ Nike Javelin, HJ Nike, HJ Nike Nike (Boa), HJ Orion Honest John-Tommahawk Hopi Dart HPB Hydra-Iris Hydra Sandhawk Improved Malemute Improved Orion Iris Javelin (Argo D-4), Javelin III Jaguar Journeyman (Argo D-8) Judy-Dart Kitty (PWN-6, Sidewinder-HV Arcas) Kiva/Hopi (Phoenix) LCLV Loki (PWN-1) Loki II (Hawk) Loki Dart (Loki-Wasp, XRM-82, PWN-1A, also PWN-8 PWN-8B, PWN-10, PWN-11, PWN-12 Loki Datasonde) Loki-Wasp Malemute Mesquito Microstar Nike family Nike, Nike Apache, Nike Hydac, Nike Iroquois (Niro), Nike Javelin, Nike Javelin 3, Nike Nike (Python), Nike Orion, Nike Orion Improved, Nike Tomahawk, Nike Viper 1, Nike Yardbird, Nike Cajun (PWN-3 a.k.a. CAN), Nike-Deacon (DAN), Nike Hawk, Nike Genie, Nike Smoke Oriole family Oriole, Oreole, Oriole I (Loki-Dart), Oreole II (Terrier-Oriole), Oriole III (Talos Terrier Mk 70 Oreole), Oriole IIIA (Terrier Oriole Nihka), Oriole IV (Talos Terrier Mk 70 Oreole Nihka), Orion, Improved Orion Owl Ozarca Paiute Apache Paiute Tomahawk Pegasus Peregrine Phoenix Prospector Purr-Kee PWN-5 Rocksonde 200 PWN-8 Loki Datasonde, PWN-B, PWN-C, PWN-D PWN-10 Super Loki Datasonde, PWN-10A PWN-11 Super Loki Datasond, PWN-11A, PWN-11D (Datasonde) PWN-11 Super Loki Datasonde PWN-12 Super Loki ROBIN Raven Rockoon family, Deacon-Rockoon, Farside, HIMES Rockoon, Loki Rockoon, Hawk Rockoon Roksonde family Rooster (PWN-7) Seagull Sandhawk Sandhawk Tomahawk (Dualhawk) Sarge (under development) Sergeant Sounding Rocket Sergeant-Delta Sergeant Hydac Scout X-2 Scanner Sirocco Sidewinder Arcas, Space Data LCLV SpaceLoft XL, Sparoair I Sparrow Arcas, Strongarm Strypi, Strypi IIAR, Strypi IIR, Strypi IV, Strypi VIIAR, Strypi-Tommahawk Super Arcas Super Chief, Super Chief II, Super Chief III Super Loki Super Loki Dart, PWN-10A, PWN-10B (Super Loki Datasonde), PWN-11 (Super Loki Datasonde), PWN-12, (Super Loki Robin) Talos Castor Talos Sergeant Hydac Talos Terrier Black Brant Talos Terrier Black Brant-Nihka Talos Terrier Oriole (Oriole 3) Talos Terrier Oriole Nihka (Oriole 4) Talos Terrier Perrgrine Taurus Orion Taurus Tomahawk Taurus Tomahawk Nike (Taurus-Nike-Tommahawk) Terasca Terarapin Terrier Terrier /551 Terrier Asp (Tarp) Terrier ASROC Cajun (TERESCA) Terrier Black Brant Terrier Improved Orion Terrier Malemute, Terrier Improved Malemute (Terrier Mk.70 Patriot) Terrier Improved Nihka Terrier Oriole Nihka Terrier Orion, Terrier Improved Orion Terrier Perrgrine Terrier Sandhawk Terrier Sounding Rocket Terrier Tomahawk Tiamat Tic Tomahawk Tomahawk Sandia Ute Ute Apache Ute Tomahawk V-2 Viking, Viking Type 9 Viper Dart, Viper IIA, Viper 3A/10D Dart, Viper V/Dart Viper Falcon Wac Corporal Wasp X-15A
Vietnam TV-01 TV-02
See also List of orbital launch systems
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