Cumulus (rocket)
Cumulus is the name of a rocket from the Hermann Oberth Society. The first launch took place on December 20, 1960 in the mudflats off Cuxhaven . A “cumulus” rocket is exhibited in the Hermann Oberth Space Museum in Feucht .
Technical specifications
- Diameter: 15 cm
- Length: 3 m
- Start thrust : 5 kN
- Summit height: 20 km
- Payload: 5 kg (for 20 km summit height)
- Takeoff weight: 60 kg
- Empty weight: 28 kg
Web links
- Harald Lutz: The forgotten rocket experiments from Cuxhaven
- Cumulus in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)