The TEXUS 43 sounding rocket was successfully launched 11 May 2006 from the Swedish Space Corporation's (SSC) launch facility Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden. The launch took place at 08.12 UT and the rocket provided almost 6 minutes (347 sec) of microgravity time for the 5 experiments on board. The payload was back at Esrange 75 minutes after lift-off.