Here comes rocket No. 600 from Sweden’s space center

The suborbital science rocket reached an altitude of 309 kilometres and carried a payload with 21 different experiments.

“I am very proud of this milestone which shines a light on the many years of international collaboration at Esrange. This has been instrumental in achieving hundreds of successful rocket missions, providing invaluable access to space for scientists worldwide,” says Lennart Poromaa, Head of Esrange Space Center.The launch Monday morning was the 600th from the space center near Kiruna in northern Sweden. Named MAPHEUS-15, the rocket payload featured a wide range of scientific disciplines which were conducted during seven minutes of microgravity, for example, advanced material science and biological research on human cells. The payload, which fell down in northern Sweden, will be recovered by helicopter on Tuesday, the space center informs.