Meteorology in the Soviet Union

research station

variable in atmospheric physics

physics award of the Russian Academy of Sciences

research institute in Saint Petersburg, Russia

MR-20 is a Russian (former Soviet Union) sounding rocket, and is a type of meteorological rocket. It was followed by the MR-30.

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.

research institute in Moscow, Russia

national meteorological service in Russia