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Norwegian company Nammo Raufoss has launched a 10m (33ft)-long hybrid test rocket from the Andoya range in Norway. The launch is the outcome of a research programme undertaken in conjunction with Lockheed Martin, which produced the solid rocket motor. The solid fuel was burned with a liquid oxygen in the hybrid rocket.

"We are now talking about sounding rocket applications. We will also test out different oxidisers and fuels," says Nammo Raufoss project director Jan Monrad Erikson.

The company's hybrid sounding rocket work has links with the European Space Agency, but there is also Norwegian government involvement in gthe project.