Oriole III sounding rocket
Oriole III is a suborbital scientific launch configuration listed in NASA’s sounding-rocket vehicle catalogue. The agency’s January 2025 comparison chart identifies this design as vehicle type 48. The record identifies a standard research-flight configuration across missions.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Oriole IIIOriole 3
- Family Name
- Oriole III
- Full Name
- Oriole III sounding rocket
- Roles
- research
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Oriole III is a suborbital scientific launch configuration listed in NASA’s sounding-rocket vehicle catalogue. The agency’s January 2025 comparison chart identifies this design as vehicle type 48. The record identifies a standard research-flight configuration across missions.
- Operator
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/soundingrockets/vehicles/
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- Creation Time
- October 17, 2026 at 13:58:07 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 17, 2026 at 13:58:07 UTC