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Meteor (Rocket) Meteor is a designation of a series of Polish sounding rockets, which were built between 1963 and 1974. There were altogether 4 types: the Meteor the Meteor 1, Meteor 2H, Meteor 2K and Meteor 3. - The meteor 1 was a single-stage rocket with a maximum flight high of 40 kilometers, a takeoff thrust of 14kN, a diameter of 12 centimeters and a length of 2.5 meters.
- The Meteor 2H was a single-stage rocket with a maximum flight height of 68 kilometers, a takeoff thrust of 24kN, a diameter of 35 centimeters and a length of 4.5 meters.
- The Meteor 2K was a two-stage rocket with a maximum flight height of 90 kilometers, a takeoff thrust of 52kN, a diameter of 35 centimeters and a length of 4.3 meters. It was the largest civilian rocket developed in Poland.
- The Meteor 3 was a two-stage rocket, which was compound from two Meteor 1 rockets. It had a takeoff thrust of 14kN, a diameter of 12 centimeters, a length of 4.3 meters and a maximum flight high of 65 kilometers.
The Meteor rockets were launched on the troop exercise areas Leba and Ustka, five copies the Meteor 1 which were because of the Baltic Sea coast were started at the beginning of the 1970er years also by Zingst were started.
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