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Kumulus (rocket)
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Rocket
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of the "Hermann-Oberth-Gesellschaft
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The Hermann Oberth society is an association named after Hermann Oberth, the German astronautics pioneer, which develops and builds rockets and trains engineers in space technology....
e.V.". The first Kumulus rocket was launched on December 20, 1960 near Cuxhaven. A Kumulus rocket is on display at the Hermann Oberth Space Travel Museum
Hermann Oberth Space Travel Museum
The Hermann Oberth Space Travel Museum is a museum of space technology in the Franconian city of Feucht in Bavaria, Germany....
in Feucht
Feucht
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Technical data
- Diameter: 15 cm
- Length: 3 m
- Thrust: 5 kN
- Maximum height: 20 km
- Payload: 5 kg (for 20 km altitude)
- Launch mass: 28 kg