Did any sounding rocket ever reach space (Karman line 100km)
If yes then how many did and when?
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7Getting high up is relatively easy; it's getting going sideways fast enough to orbit that's hard. Black Brant XII sounding rockets have reached 1500km altitude, over three times the altitude of ISS. – Russell Borogove Aug 06 '20 at 16:27
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By the way which one reached the highest altitude? – Joe Jobs Aug 06 '20 at 18:41
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Sure, plenty of them, all the time. Most sounding rockets actually do reach space, in fact. For a complete list, I suggest you look at Johnathan's Space Report, filtering out the orbital launches from there. He has an amazingly complete list!
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Is there any option to query such a database online? I dont have a computer to install it, maybe it has some interface like query.wikidata? – Joe Jobs Aug 06 '20 at 18:43
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4Not that I'm aware of. But I can tell you in general there have been more sounding rockets reaching space than orbital rockets. – PearsonArtPhoto Aug 06 '20 at 19:25