Fulmar (rocket)

Fulmar sounding rocket
Country of origin	Great Britain
Size
Height	7.47 m (24.5 ft)
Diameter	0.26 m (0.85 ft)
Stages	2
Capacity
Payload to Suborbital
Altitude	250 km (160 mi)
Launch history
Status	Retired
Launch sites	Andoya
Total launches	6
First flight	November 21, 1976
Last flight	March 19, 1979
First stage – Heron
Maximum thrust	107 kN (24,000 lbf)
Second stage – Snipe
Maximum thrust	16.7 kN (3,800 lbf)

The Fulmar was a two-stage British sounding rocket.^[1][2][3] It was related to the Spanish INTA-300.^[2]

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.^[2] The Fulmar had a diameter of 26 centimetres and a length of 7.47 metres.^[2] It weighed 500 kilograms at launch and could reach a height of 250 kilometres.^[2]

The Fulmar was fired six times between 1976 and 1979 at Andøya in Norway; the last launch, on 19 March 1979, failed.^[1][2]