Super Loki

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Super Loki rocket with data probe

The Super Loki is a größerkalibrige version of the Marshall Space Flight Center of NASA developed single stage sounding rocket Loki . The rocket was first launched on April 22, 1968, and since then over 1000 flights have taken place, mostly from the Wallops Flight Facility in the USA , from Fort Churchill in Canada , from Andøya Rakettskytefelt in Norway or from Esrange in Sweden .

Technical specifications

  • Payload: 6 kg
  • Summit height: 90 km
  • Starting thrust: 18 kN
  • Takeoff weight: 29 kg
  • Diameter: 0.10 m
  • Length: 3.16 m
  • Span: 0.20 m

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