Two Small Rockets Carrying Student Payloads Launch from Esrange

Any day now, the first satellite-carrying rocket is expected to be launched from the northern Norwegian base on Andöya. The moment the rocket takes off, the Nordic space race will be decided.

Two Small Rockets Carrying Student Payloads Launch from Esrange

Credit: SSC Two small sounding rockets were successfully launched from Esrange Space Center in Sweden on 11 and 13 March as part of the REXUS programme. The rockets carried eight payloads built by university students from Germany, Romania, Hungary, and Sweden. The REXUS programme was created to allow students from universities and higher education colleges across Europe to conduct scientific and technological experiments on small sounding rocket…