1.   Eventually, it was determined that the Russian radar had picked up the launch of a Norwegian research rocket, the Black Brant XVII.

2.   The pilot said the plane was over Wallops Island, Va., where the National Aeronautics and Space Administration operates a center for unmanned research rockets.

3.   According to a statement from the rocket range, the four-stage research rocket was called Black Brent XXII.

4.   Hundreds of Puerto Ricans protested Sunday at an abandoned U.S. Army base which NASA plans to use as a launching pad for chemical-filled research rockets.

5.   On Wednesday, spokesman Valery Grishin said Norwegian authorities had fully informed Moscow of the launch of a weather research rocket.

6.   The Norwegian Space Center on Andoya regularly launches research rockets.

7.   The ministry recalled a startling incident in January when Russian Air Defense troops shot down a Norweigan weather research rocket, mistaking it for a missile.

8.   Valery Grishin, a Russian government spokesman, said Norwegian authorities had fully informed Moscow of the launch of a weather research rocket.

9.   The launching of what the Norwegian defense ministry said was a scientific research rocket was picked up by Russian early warning systems and triggered a security alert in Russia.

10.   The launching of what the Norwegian Defense Ministry said was a scientific research rocket was picked up by Russian radar systems and triggered a security alert alert in Russia.