Fulmar (rocket)
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The Fulmar was a two-stage British sounding rocket.{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter D. |title=Fulmar |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/fulmar.htm |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=Gunter's Space Page}}{{Cite web |last=Wade |first=Mark |date=2019 |title=Fulmar |url=http://www.astronautix.com/f/fulmar.html |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=Encyclopedia Astronautica}}{{Cite web |last=Serra |first=Jean-Jacques |title=Fulmar rockets |url=http://fuseurop.univ-perp.fr/fulma_e.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114060338/http://fuseurop.univ-perp.fr/fulma_e.htm |archive-date=2012-11-14 |website=Rockets in Europe}} It was related to the Spanish INTA-300.
The Fulmar, developed by Bristol Aerojet, consisted of a Heron starting stage with 107 kN thrust and a Snipe upper stage with 16.7 kN thrust. The Fulmar had a diameter of 26 centimetres and a length of 7.47 metres. It weighed 500 kilograms at launch and could reach a height of 250 kilometres.
Launches
The Fulmar was fired six times between 1976 and 1979 at Andøya in Norway; the last launch, on 19 March 1979, failed.
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!Date !Site !Vehicle !Apogee (km) !Mission !Result |
1976 November 21
|F2 |137 |auroral mission |{{Success}} |
1976 December 11
|Andøya |F5 |214 |aurora / aeronomy / ionosphere mission |{{Success}} |
1977 October 16
|Andøya |F3 |247 |"Wind / T" atmospheric mission |{{Success}} |
1977 November 17
|Andøya |F1 |261 |"Electrons / Ions" ionosphere mission |{{Success}} |
1977 December 5
|Andøya |F4 |255 |"HLC 2B" auroral mission |{{Success}} |
1979 March 19
|Andøya |F6 |15 |aeronomy mission |{{Failure}} |