the mobile rocket base (), abbreviated moraba, is a department of the "dlr space operations and astronaut training" in oberpfaffenhofen near munich. since the 1960s, the moraba has performed scientific high altitude research missions with unmanned rockets and balloons, and has developed the required mechanical and electrical systems. their operational areas include upper atmosphere research, microgravity research, astronomy, geophysics, materials science, as well as hypersonic research.