MR-20

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MR-20 is a Russian (former Soviet Union) sounding rocket,<ref name="HarveyZakutnyaya2011">Template:Cite book</ref> and is a type of meteorological rocket.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It was followed by the MR-30.

Launching experiments

In 1985, an MR-20 meteorological rocket was used from the North Atlantic in a Soviet-Polish experiment adapting an ion gun to inject lithium ions into the ionosphere.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

In September 1988, 3 MR-20 rocket experiments with artificial "electron hole" formations took place in the Northern Auroral Zone on the research vessel named "Professor Vize". The launching of MR-20 rockets were to examine the upper atmospheric and ionospheric characteristics in the Auroral.<ref name="MeetingTorbert1992">Template:Cite book</ref>

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