The MMR06 is a Russian rocket for meteorological experiments, with a length of 3.48 metres and a total weight of 130 kg. The MMR06 rocket was built in two versions: One version had a conical top, the second one, named MMR06-M, had a detachable free flying top, also called dart. The maximum flight height was about 60 - 80 kilometres. Between 1988 and 1992 62 rockets of the type MMR06-M were launched from the former NVA exercise area Zingst, in order to accomplish wind and temperature measurements in the upper atmosphere. Technical data of MMR06-M Total Aerodynamic coefficients Rocket engine Dart Parachute system Launch sites Ship Musson Ushakov Land Kapustin Yar Molodyozhnaya Station (Antarctica) Krenkel Priliv Volna Zingst References MMR06 website at Encyclopedia Astronautica Meteorological instrumentation and equipment Sounding rockets of the Soviet Union Sounding rockets of Russia Meteorology in the Soviet Union