Kumulus is the name of a
rocket
A rocket (from it, rocchetto, , bobbin/spool) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using the surrounding air. A rocket engine produces thrust by reaction to exhaust expelled at high speed. Rocket engines work entirely fr ...
of the "
Hermann-Oberth-Gesellschaft The Hermann Oberth Society is an association named after Hermann Oberth, the German astronautics pioneer and the authoritative expert on rocketry outside the United States, which develops and builds rockets and trains engineers in space technology.
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e.V.". The first Kumulus rocket was launched on December 20, 1960, near
Cuxhaven
Cuxhaven (; ) is an independent town and seat of the Cuxhaven district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town includes the northernmost point of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the shore of the North Sea at the mouth of the Elbe River. Cuxhaven has ...
. A Kumulus rocket is on display at the
Hermann Oberth Space Travel Museum
The Hermann Oberth Space Travel Museum (Hermann-Oberth-Raumfahrt-Museum, or Hermann-Oberth-Museum for short) is a museum of space technology in the Franconian city of Feucht in Bavaria, Germany.
It commemorates the life work of the famous visio ...
in
Feucht
Feucht is a market town and municipality southeast of Nuremberg in the district of Nürnberger Land in Bavaria, Germany. The name Feucht () is derived from the Old High German noun "viuhtje" - "fichta", which is the spruce tree (vernacularly Féic ...
.
Technical data
* Diameter: 15 cm
* Length: 3 m
* Thrust: 5 kN
* Maximum height: 20 km
* Payload: 5 kg (for 20 km altitude)
* Launch mass: 60 kg
* Mass without fuel and payload: 28 kg
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