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A research rocket launched by the Swedish Space Company (SSC) from the Esrange space center in northern Sweden on Monday morning malfunctioned and landed in neighboring Norway, 15
As reported by Ukrinform, this was reported by the Reuters agency.
The agency said in a statement that the rocket had reached an altitude of 250 kilometers, where experiments were carried out in zero gravity conditions.
“It descended into the mountains at an altitude of 1000 meters and 10 kilometers from the nearest population,” Filip Olsson, head of communications for the SSC, told Reuters on Tuesday.
“There are procedures when something goes wrong, we inform both the Swedish and Norwegian governments and other actors,” he added.
The agency said that work is currently underway to recover the payload and an investigation has been launched to determine the technical details of the unplanned interruption of the flight.
“The Norwegian government takes very seriously any unauthorized activity on the Norwegian side of the border,” said a spokesperson for the Norwegian foreign ministry.
The ministry added that it has not received any official notification of the incident from the Swedish authorities.
Working on Norwegian soil to search for any debris also requires prior authorization.
Norway’s foreign ministry said it did not know whether the incident caused any damage, while an SSC spokesman said the missile fell far from any residential area.
Photo: Swedish Space Company
Source: Ukrinform
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