Rockoon
Sign in to savethumb|A Deacon rockoon just after shipboard launch. thumb|A rockoon at liftoff, August 2022.
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thumb|A Deacon rockoon just after shipboard launch. thumb|A rockoon at liftoff, August 2022.
A rockoon (from rocket and balloon) is a sounding rocket that, rather than being lit immediately while still on the ground, is first carried into the upper atmosphere by a gas-filled balloon, then separated from the balloon and ignited. This allows the rocket to achieve a higher altitude, as the rocket does not have to move under power through the lower and thicker layers of the atmosphere. A 2016 study by Acta Astronautica concluded that low-mass and high altitude launches give the best results.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rockoon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.