SOUNDING ROCKET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sounding rocket mean? 

• SOUNDING ROCKET (noun)
  The noun SOUNDING ROCKET has 1 sense:

1. a research rocket used to obtain information about the atmosphere at various altitudes

  Familiarity information: SOUNDING ROCKET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOUNDING ROCKET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A research rocket used to obtain information about the atmosphere at various altitudes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sounding rocket" is a kind of...):

research rocket; test instrument vehicle; test rocket (a rocket fired for test purposes)

 Context examples 

On Dec. 12, 2012, DXL launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico atop a NASA Black Brant IX sounding rocket, reaching a peak altitude of 160 miles and spending five minutes above Earth's atmosphere.

(Evidence for supernovas near Earth, NASA)