The Fulmar was a two-stage British sounding rocket. The Fulmar, developed by

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, consisted of a Heron starting stage with 107 kN thrust and a Snipe upper stage with 16.7 kN thrust. The Fulmar had a diameter of 26 centimetres and a length of 7.47 metres. It weighed 500 kilograms at launch and could reach a height of 250 kilometres. The Fulmar was fired six times between 1976 and 1979 at Andoya; the last launch, on 19 March 1979, failed.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20100829092736/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/fulmar.htm * http://www.univ.perp.fr/fuseurop/fulma_e.htm {{Rocket-stub Experimental rockets Sounding rockets of the United Kingdom