The Forschungsflugkörper (German for research aircraft or missile) was a West German sounding rocket manufactured by ERNO from 1972 to 1974 for the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
[1] It was launched three times by MORABA, from the Centre d'Essais des Landes, French Army launch site near Biscarosse.
[2] Only the last flight was successful, reaching the apogee of 120 km, just above the Kármán line.
[1][3] It was a single stage rocket with a weight of 300 kg, a length of 4.00 metres, a core diameter of 0.25 metres.
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