Zingst

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Zingst Peninsula is the easternmost portion of the three-part Fischland-Darß-Zingst Peninsula, located in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany between the cities Rostock and Stralsund on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. The area is part of the Pomeranian coast. Zingst Peninsula extends eastward nearly 20 kilometres and has a width of just 2 to 4 kilometres.

Zingst serparates the Baltic Sea from the Bodden Inlet, which belongs to the Darß-Zingster-Boddenkette (Darß-Zingst Bodden Chain), a large or estuary [link]. The shallow waters of the inlet are a major rest stop for the migratory European cranes. In spring and fall, up to 3,000 birds gather there before their migration to and from Spain [link] [link]. Most of the estuary and the eastern end of the peninsula are part of the National Park Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft (Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park).

Until the early 1870's, Zingst was an island, separated from Darß by the Prerowstrom, a narrow strait. A storm tide in 1874 closed the strait, which had connected Bodden Inlet and the Baltic Sea. A road now connects Zingst and Darß on a 100 metre wide land bridge.

The soils of Zingst consist almost entirely of sand. The sand is white in colour which makes it popular with sunbathers and tourists. Dunes border the Baltic Sea and enclose low ground about half a metre below sea level. The low land results in swampy conditions in the interior of the peninsula, and these swamps offer habitat to a wide variety of wilfdlife[link]. There are also ruins of a slawischen castle barrier, the Hertesburg are on Zingster side.

Settlement

East of the Prerowstrom, surrounded by countryside and the Freesenbruchs, is the town of Bath (population 8,000), which was created by the unification of the settlements of Pahlen, Hanshagen and Rothem ho. Hanshagen and Pahlen date from the 13th Century.

The nearby town of Zingst has a population of about 3,200.

Rocket Experiments

During the Cold War, when the area was part of East Germany, the eastern part of the peninsula was a restricted military area, used for meteorological rocket experiments. Various experiments were conducted between 1970 and 1992 in an area known as Sundi Meadows. There were 5 launches of the Polish rocket "Meteor 1E" in the early 1970's. On October 21, 1988 launches of Russian of the "MMR06-M" type rockets began. The restricted area measured just 23.6 kilometres by 25.5 kilometers. As the rockets reached heights up to 80 kilometres, the launch angle of the unguided rockets had to be determined with an accuracy of 2 degrees in order to prevent an impact outside of the restricted area.

The first launches of MMR06-M rockets were not successful due to various technical difficulties. The first successful launch with a meteorological payload occurred on April 12, 1989. Additional launches continued for a short time after the fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunification (October 3, 1990). They were finally ended on December 19, 1990 for safety and technological reasons.

Neveretheless, between February 14, 1992 and April 10, 1992 a total of 19 Russian rockets of the MMR06-M type were launched at Zingst, of which 6 were successful. Although further rockets were still available for testing, the launches of MMR06-M rockets in Zingst were stopped in April 1992 because of the removal of German Federal Armed Forces from the place.

List of Launches

! Date

| October 211988 | November 11988 | November 41988 | November 81988 | November 221988 | November 231988 | April 71989 | April 141989 | April 261989 | May 101989 | May 241989 | June 211989 | September 61989 | October 101989 | October 181989 | November 11989 | November 81989 | December 81989 | December 201989 | January 101990 | January 191990 | February 141990 | March 211990 | March 281990 | May 91990 | May 111990 | May 301990 | June 81990 | June 131990 | June 201990 | September 121990 | September 261990 | October 51990 | October 121990 | October 171990 | October 171990 | November 21990 | November 21990 | November 231990 | December 51990 | December 141990 | December 191990 | December 191990 | February 141992 | February 191992 | February 211992 | February 261992 | February 261992 | February 281992 | March 61992 | March 61992 | March 111992 | March 111992 | March 201992 | March 201992 | March 251992 | March 251992 | March 271992 | April 11992 | April 31992 | April 31992 | April 101992

Time (UTC + 1h)	Rocket type	Mission	Maximum altitude	Duration of transmission	Results
14:35	MMR06-M	Experimental	?	8s	EF
14:01	MMR06-M	Experimental	67 km	360s/570s	EF
14:20	MMR06-M	Experimental	43 km	250s	EF
14:11	MMR06-M	Experimental	78 km	637s	EF
14:20	MMR06-M	Experimental	53 km	590s	EF
14:00	MMR06-M	Experimental	76 km	658s	EF
13:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	72 km	620s	EF
13:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	76 km	4420s	PS
13:40	MMR06-M	Meteorology	75 km	4319s	PS
13:10	MMR06-M	Meteorology	74 km	4210s	S
13:10	MMR06-M	Meteorology	55 km	3299s	PS
13:30	MMR06-M	Meteorology	77 km	678s	PS
13:38	MMR06-M	Meteorology	74 km	3778s	S
14:10	MMR06-M	Meteorology	74 km	3780s	S
14:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	74 km	2489s	PS
14:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	35 km	480s	EF
14:10	MMR06-M	Meteorology	73 km	620s	EF
14:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	75 km	3223s	S
14:40	MMR06-M	Meteorology	78 km	2205s	S
14:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	75 km	3467s	S
14:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	55 km	514s	EF
14:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	79 km	2437s	PS
14:20	MMR06-M	Meteorology	65 km	2655s	PS
15:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	74 km	4296s	S
13:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	74 km	4061s	PS
13:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	74 km	4467s	S
13:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	74 km	4271s	S
13:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	66 km	3242s	S
13:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	76 km	3826s	S
13:10	MMR06-M	Meteorology	77 km	4292s	S
13:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	77 km	1260s	PS
13:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	79 km	4010s	PS
14:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	38 km	530s	EF
14:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	53 km	0s	EF
14:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	77 km	1790s	PS
14:40	MMR06-M	Meteorology	80 km	1136s	PS
14:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	42 km	592s	EF
14:40	MMR06-M	Meteorology	74 km	256s	EF
14:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	68 km	2199s	S
14:30	MMR06-M	Meteorology	75 km	605s	EF
14:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	72 km	1900s	PS
14:00	MMR06-M	Meteorology	66 km	600s	EF
14:30	MMR06-M	Meteorology	71 km	648s	EF
8:50	MMR06-M	Meteorology	70 km	3729s	S
8:45	MMR06-M	Meteorology	73 km	3992s	S
8:30	MMR06-M	Meteorology	77 km	625s	EF
8:30	MMR06-M	Meteorology	55 km	1811s	PS
9:50	MMR06-M	Meteorology	54 km	3074s	S
8:31	MMR06-M	Meteorology	70 km	580s	EF
8:32	MMR06-M	Meteorology	49 km	570s	EF
9:24	MMR06-M	Meteorology	80 km	625s	EF
8:32	MMR06-M	Meteorology	76 km	559s	EF
9:27	MMR06-M	Meteorology	74 km	599s	EF
8:40	MMR06-M	Meteorology	36 km	535s	EF
9:58	MMR06-M	Meteorology	75 km	3993s	S
8:32	MMR06-M	Meteorology	51 km	1771s	PS
9:25	MMR06-M	Meteorology	?	0s	F
8:33	MMR06-M	Meteorology	73 km	4317s	S
7:33	MMR06-M	Meteorology	52 km	589s	EF
7:30	MMR06-M	Meteorology	-	258s	F
8:20	MMR06-M	Meteorology	75 km	595s	EF
7:30	MMR06-M	Meteorology	67 km	4054s	S

Remarks: S = Success; PS = Partial Success; F = Failure; EF = Experiment Failure

Sources

• http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/mmr06.htm
• http://www.astronautix.com/sites/zingst.htm
• http://www.nilu.no/projects/ccc/sitedescriptions/de/de09.html
• [Satellite picture of former launch site]

External links

• [Zingst Webcam]

 

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