Skyrora's Micro rocket achieves its highest-ever altitude of 26.86 km

Scotland-based rocket startup Skyrora had a successful test launch of its Skylark Micro rocket from Iceland. The four-metre-tall sub-orbital rocket, launched from a mobile site, achieved its highest-ever altitude of 26.86 kilometres. Skyrora hopes to launch its low Earth orbital (LEO) Skyrora XL rocket by 2023. The two stages of the Micro rocket parachuted back down into the Norwegian Sea.