Usually means: Balloon-launched rocket for high altitudes.
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  1. rockoon: Merriam-Webster
  2. rockoon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. rockoon: Collins English Dictionary
  4. rockoon: Wiktionary
  5. rockoon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. rockoon: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. rockoon: Dictionary.com
  8. Rockoon (T-Square album), Rockoon (Tangerine Dream album), Rockoon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. rockoon: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rockoon)

noun:  (aviation, astronautics) A rocket, powered by solid fuel, that is not lit while on the ground but first carried into the upper atmosphere by a gas-filled balloon, then separated from the balloon and automatically ignited to allow it to achieve a higher altitude.

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