Editing Seliger Rocket

'''Seliger Rocket''' is the designation for the [[sounding rocket]]s of the [[Berthold Seliger Forschungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH]].  They were

# A single-stage rocket with a length of 3.4 metres and a takeoff thrust of 50&nbsp;kN.  This rocket was first launched on November 19, 1962, near [[Rocket experiments in the area of Cuxhaven|Cuxhaven]] and reached a height of 40&nbsp;km.
# A two-stage rocket with a length of 6 metres and a takeoff thrust of 50&nbsp;kN.  This rocket was first launched on February 7, 1963, and reached a height of 80&nbsp;km.
# A three-stage rocket with a length of 12.8 metres, a diameter of 0.56 metres and a takeoff thrust of 50&nbsp;kN.  This rocket was first launched on May 2, 1963, with reduced fuel and reached an altitude of 120&nbsp;km.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-01-19 |title=Seliger Rocket |url=http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/selocket.htm |access-date=2024-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050119092811/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/selocket.htm |archive-date=2005-01-19 }}</ref>  Later with maximum fuel it reached a height of 150&nbsp;km.

All Seliger Rockets return to the ground by [[parachute]].  The single-stage version was completely reusable.  Additional single and two-stage rockets were developed in 1963, which could be also used for military purposes.  There were flight demonstrations of these rockets to military representatives of non-NATO countries on December 5, 1963.

==References==
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==See also==
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* [[Rocket experiments in the area of Cuxhaven]]

==External links==
* https://web.archive.org/web/20050119092811/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/selocket.htm

[[Category:Sounding rockets of Germany]]


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