Cirrus (rocket)

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|country_of_origin=German

|designer=Hermann Oberth Society

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|date= September 16, 1961

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The Cirrus is a sounding rocket with two stages, developed by the "Hermann Oberth Society".{{cite book|title=Flight International|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ldO5wwtoU54C|year=1964|publisher=Illiffe Transport Publications}} Its only launches were both on September 16, 1961, at Cuxhaven.{{cite book|author1=Colin Burgess|author2=Chris Dubbs|title=Animals in Space: From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xSdHVIpsrKkC&pg=PA99|date=5 July 2007|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-0-387-49678-8|pages=99–}} The maximum height of the Cirrus, depending on the version, is 35 kilometres with a single stage or 50 kilometres for the 2 stage version.

A Cirrus rocket is exhibited at the Hermann Oberth Space Travel Museum in Feucht, Germany.