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China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
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T-7 (rocket)
China's first sounding rocket
The T-7 was China's first sounding rocket. A test rocket, dubbed the T-7M, was first successfully launched on 19 February 1960 in Nanhui, Shanghai, and a full-scale rocket was launched on 13 September 1960. Wang Xiji of the Shanghai Institute of Mechanical and Electrical…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sounding rocket
Rocket designed to take measurements during its flight
A sounding rocket or rocketsonde, sometimes called a research rocket or a suborbital rocket, is an instrument-carrying rocket designed to take measurements and perform scientific experiments during its sub-orbital flight. The rockets are often used to launch instruments from 48…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)