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Rocket Mail of the WorldGermanyBremen, Germany %u2014 September 23, 1961 %u2014 EZ-42C1 %u2014 DRG (German Rocket Society).(text) Commemorative sheet for the successful series of tests of September 16, 1961. It started: CIRRUS 1%u2014two-stage rocket, 4,155 mm long, 2x508 kp thrust, speed 750 m/s (Mach 2.5), reached altitude 35,000 m. CIRRUS 2%u2014two-stage rocket, 1.8 t, speed more than 10,000 m/s, reached altitude more than 50,000 m. KMULUS 1%u2014with a live cross-toothed newt%u2014Axolotl%u2014on board, altitude 12,000 m. KMULUS 2%u2014a live flounder on board, reached altitude 15,000 m. Data of the HUMULUS rockets: weight 60 (28) kg. Length 3,000 mm, thrust 508 kp, speed 750 m/s (Mach 2).