Editing Zenit-C

{{other uses|Zenit (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:Zenithrakete.JPG|thumb|Zenit rocket on display in front of Hermann-Oberth-Museum, Feucht, Germany]]

'''Zenit-C''' was a [[sounding rocket]] developed by [[Oerlikon Contraves]] (today [[Rheinmetall Air Defence]]) in Switzerland. The Zenit was a single-stage rocket with a length of 5.6 meters, a diameter of 0.42 meter and a takeoff weight of 610 kilograms. Propelled by a solid-propellant engine which supplied a thrust between 45&nbsp;kN at launch and 22&nbsp;kN in flight, the Zenit could carry a payload of 25 kilograms to a height of 210&nbsp;km or a payload of 130 kilograms to a height of 115&nbsp;km. At its maiden flight on October 27, 1967, at [[Salto di Quirra]] the Zenit topped 145&nbsp;km. The Zenit was later launched only twice &mdash; once on July 30, 1971, at Salto di Quirra with a British [[Cuckoo (rocket)|Cuckoo]] rocket as a starting stage and once on December 13, 1973, at [[Andøya]] likewise with a "Cuckoo" starting stage. Cuckoo was used as a starting stage on British [[Skylark (rocket)|Skylark]] rocket. Oerlikon used the knowledge from the Ground to Air Missile [[RSE Kriens (missile)|RSE Kriens]] for the Zenit.

== Sources ==
*{{Cite web |last=Wade |first=Mark |title=Micon Zenit |url=http://www.astronautix.com/m/miconzenit.html |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=www.astronautix.com}}
*{{Cite web |last= Serra |first=Jean-Jacques |title=Zenit sounding rocket |url=http://fuseurop.univ-perp.fr/zenit_e.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114060329/http://fuseurop.univ-perp.fr/zenit_e.htm |archive-date=2012-11-14 |website=Rockets in Europe}}

[[Category:Sounding rockets of Switzerland]]


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