DLR-MORABA, located at the DLR Space Center in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, provides mobile infrastructure and capabilities for the launch of sounding rockets and support for balloon missions. 

The main tasks of MORABA are support of national and international space projects as well as preparation and operation of sounding rockets and balloons for scientific applications in the areas of

• Aeronomy
• Astronomy
• Magnetospheric physics
• Geophysics
• Atmospheric physics and chemistry

MORABA is also responsible for 

- Technological and biological experiments under micro-gravity conditions (duration from 3 to 15 minutes) 
- Testing of newly developed experiments and technologies for satellites or the International Space Station (ISS) 
- Development and production of mechanical and electronic sub-systems for sounding rockets, which are not commercially available 
- Application of mobile TM/TC- and radar stations for satellite missions

For more information see also MORABA