STOCKHOLM, April 25 (Reuters) – A research rocket launched by Sweden Space Corp early on Monday from Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden malfunctioned and landed 15 km (9.32 miles) inside neighbouring Norway.
The rocket reached an altitude of 250 km where experiments were carried out in zero gravity, the agency said in a statement.
“It landed in the mountains at 1,000 meters altitude, and 10 kilometers from the closest settlement,” Philip Ohlsson, head of communications at SSC, told Reuters on Tuesday.
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There are routines in place when things go wrong and we inform both Swedish and Norwegian governments, and other actors, he said.
Work on retrieving the payload is underway and an investigation is being launched to determine the technical details behind the unplanned flight path, the agency said.
Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority was not immediately available for a comment.
‘accidentally’ hmm, hmm
So will NATO activate article 5 and invade Sweden? 🤨
Sounds like a good time to prove to Russia that nato takes Article 5 very seriously…
whoops!
Were they researching ballistic trajectories?
Take that, Norway!
(/s)
Guys it’s just a special space operation don’t worry
r/NonCredibleDefense on his way to make 3000 post about Article 5, annexing Sweeden, and making it a NATO member afterward
If the research rocket was looking for oil it went in the right direction.
We’re playing 5d chess and the Norwegians haven’t even realized.
– we attack Norway and surrender
– they annex us
– we now get into NATO + we get access to the oil money
– we then using our superior numbers call for a referendum to change the flag, name, king and language of Norway to a beautiful yellow cross with a blue background.
You know, it’s about time the British hit Copenhagen again, been too long.
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STOCKHOLM, April 25 (Reuters) – A research rocket launched by Sweden Space Corp early on Monday from Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden malfunctioned and landed 15 km (9.32 miles) inside neighbouring Norway.
The rocket reached an altitude of 250 km where experiments were carried out in zero gravity, the agency said in a statement.
“It landed in the mountains at 1,000 meters altitude, and 10 kilometers from the closest settlement,” Philip Ohlsson, head of communications at SSC, told Reuters on Tuesday.
​
There are routines in place when things go wrong and we inform both Swedish and Norwegian governments, and other actors, he said.
Work on retrieving the payload is underway and an investigation is being launched to determine the technical details behind the unplanned flight path, the agency said.
Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority was not immediately available for a comment.
‘accidentally’ hmm, hmm
So will NATO activate article 5 and invade Sweden? 🤨
Sounds like a good time to prove to Russia that nato takes Article 5 very seriously…
whoops!
Were they researching ballistic trajectories?
Take that, Norway!
(/s)
Guys it’s just a special space operation don’t worry
r/NonCredibleDefense on his way to make 3000 post about Article 5, annexing Sweeden, and making it a NATO member afterward
If the research rocket was looking for oil it went in the right direction.
We’re playing 5d chess and the Norwegians haven’t even realized.
– we attack Norway and surrender
– they annex us
– we now get into NATO + we get access to the oil money
– we then using our superior numbers call for a referendum to change the flag, name, king and language of Norway to a beautiful yellow cross with a blue background.
You know, it’s about time the British hit Copenhagen again, been too long.