Rocket experiments on Zingst
The eastern part of the Zingst peninsula in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was a restricted military area during the GDR era. On the former NVA -Übungsplatz in Sundischen meadows led from 1970 to 1992 the Meteorological Service of the GDR , by 1990, the German Weather Service , various experiments with sounding rockets by.
At the beginning of the 1970s, five rockets of the Polish type Meteor 1E were launched here . From October 21, 1988, Soviet MMR06-M missiles were launched here. Since these rockets could fly up to 80 kilometers high and the restricted sea area off the coast of the military training area was only 23.6 kilometers deep and 25.5 kilometers wide, the launch angle of these rockets had to be adjusted to within two degrees by means of ingenious procedures in order to avoid a decline outside of the cordoned off area.
While the first launches of MMR06-M missiles were unsuccessful due to technical problems, the first successful ascent was achieved on April 12, 1989 with the implementation of scientific measurements. Even after the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 and German reunification on October 3, 1990, rocket launches were initially continued. However, the launch of rockets in Zingst was stopped on December 19, 1990, as a new procedure for determining the launch angle was being worked out for safety reasons. Between February 14, 1992 and April 10, 1992, another 19 Russian MMR06-M rockets were launched in Zingst. Six of these starts were successful. Although other missiles were still available, the launch of missiles in Zingst had to be stopped in April 1992 because the Bundeswehr, which was needed to secure the restricted area, vacated the space.
Start list
date | Time (CET) | Missile type | mission | Summit height | Duration of the radio transmission | Results |
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October 21, 1988 | 2:35 pm | MMR06-M | experimental | ? | 8s | Failure of the experiment |
November 1, 1988 | 2:01 pm | MMR06-M | experimental | 67 km | 360s / 570s | Failure of the experiment |
4th November 1988 | 2:20 pm | MMR06-M | experimental | 43 km | 250s | Failure of the experiment |
November 8, 1988 | 2:11 pm | MMR06-M | experimental | 78 km | 637s | Failure of the experiment |
November 22, 1988 | 2:20 pm | MMR06-M | experimental | 53 km | 590s | Failure of the experiment |
November 23, 1988 | 14:00 clock | MMR06-M | experimental | 76 km | 658s | Failure of the experiment |
April 7, 1989 | 13:00 'O clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 72 km | 620s | Failure of the experiment |
April 14, 1989 | 13:00 'O clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 76 km | 4420s | Partial success |
April 26, 1989 | 1:40 p.m. | MMR06-M | meteorology | 75 km | 4319s | Partial success |
May 10, 1989 | 1:10 p.m. | MMR06-M | meteorology | 74 km | 4210s | success |
May 24, 1989 | 1:10 p.m. | MMR06-M | meteorology | 55 km | 3299s | Partial success |
June 21, 1989 | 1:30 p.m. | MMR06-M | meteorology | 77 km | 678s | Partial success |
September 6, 1989 | 1:38 pm | MMR06-M | meteorology | 74 km | 3778s | success |
October 10, 1989 | 2:10 p.m. | MMR06-M | meteorology | 74 km | 3780s | success |
October 18, 1989 | 14:00 clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 74 km | 2489s | Partial success |
November 1, 1989 | 14:00 clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 35 km | 480s | Failure of the experiment |
November 8, 1989 | 2:10 p.m. | MMR06-M | meteorology | 73 km | 620s | Failure of the experiment |
December 8, 1989 | 14:00 clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 75 km | 3223s | success |
December 20, 1989 | 2:40 pm | MMR06-M | meteorology | 78 km | 2205s | success |
January 10, 1990 | 14:00 clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 75 km | 3467s | success |
January 19, 1990 | 14:00 clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 55 km | 514s | Failure of the experiment |
February 14, 1990 | 14:00 clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 79 km | 2437s | Partial success |
March 21, 1990 | 2:20 pm | MMR06-M | meteorology | 65 km | 2655s | Partial success |
March 28, 1990 | 3:00 p.m. | MMR06-M | meteorology | 74 km | 4296s | success |
May 9, 1990 | 13:00 'O clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 74 km | 4061s | Partial success |
May 11, 1990 | 13:00 'O clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 74 km | 4467s | success |
May 30, 1990 | 13:00 'O clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 74 km | 4271s | success |
June 8, 1990 | 13:00 'O clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 66 km | 3242s | success |
June 13, 1990 | 13:00 'O clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 76 km | 3826s | success |
June 20, 1990 | 1:10 p.m. | MMR06-M | meteorology | 77 km | 4292s | success |
September 12, 1990 | 13:00 'O clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 77 km | 1260s | Partial success |
September 26, 1990 | 13:00 'O clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 79 km | 4010s | Partial success |
5th October 1990 | 14:00 clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 38 km | 530s | Failure of the experiment |
October 12, 1990 | 14:00 clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 53 km | 0s | Failure of the experiment |
17th October 1990 | 14:00 clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 77 km | 1790s | Partial success |
17th October 1990 | 2:40 pm | MMR06-M | meteorology | 80 km | 1136s | Partial success |
November 2, 1990 | 14:00 clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 42 km | 592s | Failure of the experiment |
November 2, 1990 | 2:40 pm | MMR06-M | meteorology | 74 km | 256s | Failure of the experiment |
November 23, 1990 | 14:00 clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 68 km | 2199s | success |
5th December 1990 | 2:30 p.m. | MMR06-M | meteorology | 75 km | 605s | Failure of the experiment |
December 14, 1990 | 14:00 clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 72 km | 1900s | Partial success |
December 19, 1990 | 14:00 clock | MMR06-M | meteorology | 66 km | 600s | Failure of the experiment |
December 19, 1990 | 2:30 p.m. | MMR06-M | meteorology | 71 km | 648s | Failure of the experiment |
February 14, 1992 | 8:50 a.m. | MMR06-M | meteorology | 70 km | 3729s | success |
19th February 1992 | 8:45 a.m. | MMR06-M | meteorology | 73 km | 3992s | success |
February 21, 1992 | 8:30 am | MMR06-M | meteorology | 77 km | 625s | Failure of the experiment |
February 26, 1992 | 8:30 am | MMR06-M | meteorology | 55 km | 1811s | Partial success |
February 26, 1992 | 9:50 a.m. | MMR06-M | meteorology | 54 km | 3074s | success |
February 28, 1992 | 8:31 am | MMR06-M | meteorology | 70 km | 580s | Failure of the experiment |
March 6, 1992 | 8:32 am | MMR06-M | meteorology | 49 km | 570s | Failure of the experiment |
March 6, 1992 | 9:24 a.m. | MMR06-M | meteorology | 80 km | 625s | Failure of the experiment |
March 11, 1992 | 8:32 am | MMR06-M | meteorology | 76 km | 559s | Failure of the experiment |
March 11, 1992 | 9:27 am | MMR06-M | meteorology | 74 km | 599s | Failure of the experiment |
March 20, 1992 | 8:40 a.m. | MMR06-M | meteorology | 36 km | 535s | Failure of the experiment |
March 20, 1992 | 9:58 a.m. | MMR06-M | meteorology | 75 km | 3993s | success |
March 25, 1992 | 8:32 am | MMR06-M | meteorology | 51 km | 1771s | Partial success |
March 25, 1992 | 9:25 am | MMR06-M | meteorology | ? | 0s | Failure |
March 27, 1992 | 8:33 am | MMR06-M | meteorology | 73 km | 4317s | success |
April 1, 1992 | 7:33 am | MMR06-M | meteorology | 52 km | 589s | Failure of the experiment |
April 3, 1992 | 7:30 a.m. | MMR06-M | meteorology | - | 258s | Failure |
April 3, 1992 | 8:20 a.m. | MMR06-M | meteorology | 75 km | 595s | Failure of the experiment |
April 10, 1992 | 7:30 a.m. | MMR06-M | meteorology | 67 km | 4054s | success |
Web links
- Page with further information and pictures
- MMR-06 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- Zingst in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- 100 years of atmospheric sounding at the Lindenberg Meteorological Observatory . In: proMet , Volume 31, Issue 2-4, 2005. (PDF; 8.7 MB)
Coordinates: 54 ° 26 ′ 4 " N , 12 ° 48 ′ 11" E