SubOrbital Express-4 launch

The SubOrbital Express-4 sounding rocket was successfully launched from the Esrange Space Center outside Kiruna, in the north of Sweden, at 06:00 CET on 26 November 2024. The rocket reached an altitude of 256 km before falling back to Earth and providing approximately six minutes of microgravity to six scientific experiments onboard.

After a night full of suspense due to challenging weather conditions, three ESA experiments soared to new heights in one of the most anticipated rocket launches of the year from Esrange, owned and operated by the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC). 

The ESA experiments ranged from studies on the human immune system, technology to build more efficient solar cells and bouncing hexapods to understand the formation of the Universe.