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Rocket Launches from Norway

From Svenska Dagbladet · () Swedish

Translated from Swedish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A rocket carrying satellites launched from Andøya, west of Narvik, at around 10 p.m. Saturday and entered Earth orbit.
  • Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre called it a historic day, while a University of Bergen space physicist described the launch as a major success for European spaceflight.

A rocket carrying satellites lifted off from Andøya, west of Narvik, at around 10 p.m. Saturday and has entered orbit around Earth.

“It is a historic day,” Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre wrote on X.

It is a historic day.

· Jonas Gahr StøreThe Norwegian prime minister reacted to the rocket launch in a post on X.

According to Swedish broadcaster NRK, the launch marked the first time a rocket launched from Western Europe sent its payload into orbit around Earth. Kjellmar Oksavik, head of the space physics group at the University of Bergen, called it “a tremendous success” and one of the biggest events in European spaceflight in a very long time.

This is a tremendous success and one of the biggest things to have happened in European spaceflight in a very, very long time.

· Kjellmar OksavikThe University of Bergen space physics group leader told VG about the significance of the launch.
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Originally published by Svenska Dagbladet in Swedish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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