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U.S. Navy Discloses New Details on Plasma Test over the Pacific

The 4-stage Oriole IV carried two payloads to 539 kilometers and tested how vaporized metal forms plasma in the upper atmosphere, officials said.

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A U.S. Navy rocket team deliberately vaporized metal high above the Pacific Ocean this February, creating a plasma field in the upper atmosphere to study how that energy converts and behaves in space, and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division has now revealed new details of the previously little-known test in a recent report. […]

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The US Navy has set off a research rocket over the Pacific to create an artificial plasma cloud in space. The risky maneuver away from civilization is to test theories of plasma physics under real conditions. (Read more)

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The Robot Report broke the news on Tuesday, August 4, 2026.
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