Marka (launch site)
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Marka is the designation of a locality in Southern Norway
, at coordinates 58°12′N 7°18′E. In the proximity of Marka some sounding rocket
s of the type Super Loki were launched between November 1983 and January 1984.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, at coordinates 58°12′N 7°18′E. In the proximity of Marka some sounding rocket
Sounding rocket
A sounding rocket, sometimes called a research rocket, is an instrument-carrying rocket designed to take measurements and perform scientific experiments during its sub-orbital flight. The origin of the term comes from nautical vocabulary, where to sound is to throw a weighted line from a ship into...
s of the type Super Loki were launched between November 1983 and January 1984.