Rocket Madsen Space Lab (often called RML Spacelab) was a

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established by engineer and convicted murderer

Peter Madsen Peter Langkjær Madsen (; born 12 January 1971) is a Danish convicted murderer and former entrepreneur. In April 2018, he was convicted of the 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall on board his submarine, '' UC3 Nautilus'', and sentenced ...

on 16 July 2014 in

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, after he left

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. Rocket Madsen Space Lab was located in the Horizontal Assembly Building (HAB) of the old B&W shipyard at Refshaleøen in

. In this building Peter Madsen researched, developed and built rockets based on H₂O₂ /

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hybrid engines. In preparation was ''Flight Alpha'', which was expected to reach an altitude of 14 km.

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