After one of its research rockets malfunctioned and landed on the territory of its neighbor, Norway, Sweden found itself in hot water.
The rocket was launched on Monday at 05:20 GMT from the Esrange Space Center and crashed into a Norwegian mountain range around 07:20 local time.
The center’s owner and operator, the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), has apologized and is looking into the matter.
However, Sweden has come under fire from Norway for failing to formally tell them.
The SSC claims that the rocket entered zero gravity at a height of 250 km (155 miles) and carried out experiments there.
It then descended 40 kilometers northwest of the intended landing location, in Norway’s extreme north, in the Malselv municipality, about 10 kilometers from the nearest populated region.
There were no reported injuries or material damages.
The SSC reports that the payload, or scientific instrument, was recovered and flown back to Esrange in “good condition” after being recovered from the rocket.