Kookaburra is an Australian

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consisting of a Lupus-rocket as first stage and a Musca rocket as second stage. The Kookaburra was launched 33 times, from Woomera,

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

, and from

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, which is an island located in

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, the southernmost atoll of the

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and also from Kelaa Island, again another island located up in the north of

Technical data

*Apogee: 75 km *Total Mass: 100 kg *Core Diameter: 0.12 m *Total Length: 3.40 m

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20081015145230/http://astronautix.com/lvs/kooburra.htm Sounding rockets of Australia {{rocket-stub