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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rocket used to make observations anywhere within the earth's atmosphere.
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- noun a
suborbital rocket used to launch upperatmosphere ,exoatmospheric , andmicrogravity sondes orprobes
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- noun a research rocket used to obtain information about the atmosphere at various altitudes
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