Danish space launch in 10 days

Peter Madsen (left) designed the rocket and Kristian von Begntsson the capsule. Madsen hopes to become the first Dane in space.
Peter Madsen (left) designed the rocket and Kristian von Begntsson the capsule. Madsen hopes to become the first Dane in space.
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It’s not every day the Danish media is invited to a news briefing about a pending space rocket launch off Bornholm – but that was actually the case today when privately-owned Copenhagen Suborbitals and its two founders told the assembled media of their final preparations for an unmanned test flight.

Peter Madsen and Kristian von Bengtson explained that the flight will be taking place in 10 days time from a platform some 20 nautical miles south of Nexø on Denmark’s Baltic island of Bornholm. The rocket itself, will be towed out to the launch site from just south of Copenhagen using the company’s own submarine.

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