Editing Sounding rocket (section)

==Operators and programs==
* [[Andøya Space Center]] in Norway operates two sounding rocket launch sites, one at Andøya and one at Svalbard. Has launched sounding rockets since 1962.
* [[Poker Flat Research Range]] is owned by the [[University of Alaska Fairbanks]].
* The British [[Skylark (rocket)|Skylark sounding rocket]] programme began in 1955 and was used for 441 launches from 1957 to 2005. Skylark 12, from 1976, could lift {{convert|200|kg|lb}} to {{convert|575|km|mi}} altitude.<ref name=Serra >{{cite web
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* The British also developed the [[Falstaff (rocket)|Falstaff sounding rocket]] as a part of the [[Chevaline]] program. There were eight launches between 1969 and 1979 from the [[Woomera Test Range]], Australia.
* Cedar, a program of the Haigazian College Rocket Society, Ceadar 8 crossed the Karman line<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lebanon.zenith.me/en/society/lebanon-space |title=From Cedars to the Stars |last=Alhussayni |first=Ryme |date=23 October 2020 |website=Lebanon Chronicles |publisher=Zenith Channels |access-date=22 September 2024}}</ref>
* [[ISRO]]'s [[VSSC]] developed the [[Rohini sounding rocket series|''Rohini'']] sounding rockets series starting in 1967 that reached altitudes of 500&nbsp;km<ref>{{Cite news |last=The Hindu |first= |date=2022-11-23 |title=ISRO's RH-200 sounding rocket records 200th consecutive successful flight |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/isros-rh-200-sounding-rocket-records-200th-consecutive-successful-flight/article66174909.ece |access-date=2024-01-09 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sounding Rockets |url=https://www.isro.gov.in/100TH_SoundingRockets.html |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=www.isro.gov.in}}</ref>
* [[Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering]] from the [[Delft University of Technology]] operates the Stratos sounding rocket program, which reached 21.5&nbsp;km in 2015.
* Exela Space Industries is developing the Aims-1 sounding rocket that will launch to 100&nbsp;km in 2035.
* [[Evolution Space]] operates the Gold Chain Cowboy sounding rocket with launch to 124.5&nbsp;km on April 22, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Messier |first=Doug |date=2023-04-25 |title=Evolution Space Launches Rocket on Suborbital Flight From Mojave Desert |url=https://parabolicarc.com/2023/04/25/suborbital-launches/ |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=Parabolic Arc |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726042207/https://parabolicarc.com/2023/04/25/suborbital-launches/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
* The Australian Space Research Institute ([[Australian Space Research Institute|ASRI]]) operates a Small Sounding Rocket Program (SSRP) for launching payloads (mostly educational) to altitudes of about 7&nbsp;km.
* [[Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology|Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST)]] launched a Sounding Rocket (Vyom) in May, 2012, which reached an altitude of 15&nbsp;km. Vyom Mk-II is in its conceptual design stage with an objective to reach 70&nbsp;km altitude with 20&nbsp;kg payload capacity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |title=IIST students' designed rocket launched |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/iist-students-designed-rocket-launched-2333375 |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>
* The [[University of Queensland]] operates Terrier-Orion sounding rockets (capable of reaching altitudes in excess of 300&nbsp;km) as part of their [[HyShot]] hypersonics research.
* [[Iranian Space Agency]] operated its first sounding rocket in February 2007.
* [[UP Aerospace]] operates the [[SpaceLoft XL]] sounding rocket that can reach altitudes of 225&nbsp;km.
* [[TEXUS]] and MiniTEXUS, German rocket programmes at [[Esrange]] for [[German Aerospace Center|DLR]] and [[ESA]] microgravity research programmes.
* Astrium operates missions with sounding rockets on a commercial basis, as prime contractor to ESA or the German Aerospace Centre (DLR). 
* [[Maser (rocket)|MASER]], Swedish rocket programme at Esrange for ESA microgravity research programmes.
* [[Maxus (rocket)|MAXUS]], German-Swedish rocket programme at [[Esrange]] for [[ESA]] microgravity research programmes.
* Pakistan's [[Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission|SUPARCO]] launched [[Rehbar-I|Rehbar series]] of sounding rockets, based on American [[Nike-Cajun]] series of rockets, from 1962 to 1971. 
* REXUS, German-Swedish rocket programme at Esrange for [[German Aerospace Center|DLR]] and ESA student experiment programmes.
* The [[NASA Sounding Rocket Program]].
** NASA routinely flies the Terrier Mk 70 boosted [[Improved Orion]], lifting 270–450-kg (600–1,000-pound) payloads into the [[Exosphere|exoatmospheric]] region between 97 and 201&nbsp;km (60 and 125 miles).<ref>''NASA Sounding Rocket Handbook''</ref>
* The [[JAXA]] operates the sounding rockets [[S-Series (rocket family)|S-Series]]: S-310 / S-520 / SS-520.
* United States/New Zealand company [[Rocket Lab]] developed the highly adaptable Ātea series of sounding rockets to carry 5–70&nbsp;kg payloads to altitudes of 250&nbsp;km or greater, launched once on 30 November 2009.
* The [[Meteor (rocket)|Meteor]] rockets were built in Poland between 1963 and 1974.
* The [[Kartika I]] rocket was built and launched in Indonesia by [[LAPAN]] on 1964, becoming the fourth sounding rocket in Asia, after those from Japan, China and Pakistan.
* The [[Soviet Union]] developed an extensive program using rockets such as the [[M-100 (rocket)|M-100]], the most used ever; its successor by its successor state, Russia, is the [[MR-20]] and later the MR-30.
* Since 1965, Brazil has been developing and launching its [[Sonda (rocket)|Sonda]] series of sounding rockets, which has served as the foundation for its research and development efforts. Other rockets include the [[VSB-30]], designed by the [[Institute of Aeronautics and Space]] (IAE), and the PESL rocket, created by the startup PION Labs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MundoGEO |date=2023-12-18 |title=PION Labs lança foguete a partir do Centro de Lançamento da Barreira do Inferno |url=https://mundogeo.com/2023/12/18/pion-labs-lanca-foguete-a-partir-do-centro-de-lancamento-da-barreira-do-inferno/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=MundoGEO |language=pt-br}}</ref>
* The [[Paulet (sounding rocket)|Paulet I]] rocket was built and launched in Peru by The [[National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development]] (CONIDA) on 2006, becoming the first sounding rocket of the country and the third rocket in South America, after those from Brazil and Argentina.
*The [[Experimental Sounding Rocket Association]] (ESRA) is a non-profit organization based in the United States which has operated the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) since 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ESRA|url=http://www.soundingrocket.org/|access-date=2021-03-29|website=ESRA|language=en}}</ref>
*The [[Latin American Space Challenge]] (LASC) is an international competition held in Brazil, focused on launching student-developed sounding rockets and experimental satellites. Since 2019, the event has attracted student-led teams from Latin American countries, as well as Turkey and Taiwan, to launch their projects.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chiu |first=Adrian |date=2025-03-07 |title=Stepping Through the Door: Taiwan's Space Future in Motion (2) |url=https://taiwaninsight.org/2025/03/07/stepping-through-the-door-taiwans-space-future-in-motion-2/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Taiwan Insight |language=en}}</ref>
* [[ONERA]] in France launched a sounding rocket named [[Titus (rocket)|Titus]], developed for observation of the total [[solar eclipse]] in Argentina on November 12, 1966. Titus was a two-stage rocket with a length of 11.5 m, a launch weight of 3.4 tons, and a diameter of 56&nbsp;cm. It reached a maximum height of 270 kilometers. It was launched twice in [[Las Palmas, Chaco]] during the eclipse, in collaboration with the Argentine space agency CNIE.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wade |first1=Mark |title=Titus |url=http://www.astronautix.com/t/titus.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228032624/http://astronautix.com/t/titus.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 28, 2016 |website=Astronautix |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref>
* German Aerospace Center's Mobile Rocket Base ([[German Aerospace Center|DLR]] [[MORABA]]) designs, builds and operates a variety of sounding rocket types and custom vehicles in support for national and international research programs.
* [[Interstellar Technologies]] is a Japanese company that is developing the experimental [[Momo (rocket)|MOMO]] sounding rocket.