The research rocket took a longer trajectory than intended and accidentally ended up in the neighboring country.
TEXUS-58 landed in an uninhabited area in Norway’s northern mountainside. Although no damage was done, the incident is still being investigated to avoid any risk in the future. “This is a deviation that we take seriously,” Marko Kohberg, head of the Sounding rocket and Balloon operations at Esrange Space Center, said in SSC’s statement. “We are now investigating the reason why the rocket flew further northwest than nominal.
The suborbital rocket was recovered on Tuesday and transported back to Esrange by helicopter, according to SSC. But Norway’s foreign ministry also claimed that Sweden was not supposed to retrieve its rocket without Norwegian authorization, The Guardian reported.As the space industry continues to grow and more rockets takeoff into the skies, these incidents are expected to occur more frequently.
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