Sounding rockets of Russia

MR-12 is a Soviet/Russian sounding rocket. The MR-12 has a maximum altitude of 180 km, a diameter of 0.45 m, a length of 8.77 m and a fin span of 1.40 m. The MR-12 was first launched on May 1st, 1965, and it would remain in service until its retirement in 1997.

The MMR06 is a Soviet/Russian rocket for meteorological experiments, with a length of 3.48 metres and a total weight of 130 kg. The MMR06 rocket was built in two versions: One version had a conical top, the second one, named MMR06-M, had a detachable free flying top, also called dart. The maximum flight height was about 60 - 80 kilometres. Between 1988 and 1992 62 rockets of the type MMR06-M were launched from the former NVA exercise area Zingst, in order to accomplish wind and temperature measurements in the upper atmosphere.