Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight in March. Blue Origin is also set to send Katy Perry into space aboard its New Shepard as part of an all-woman mission on April 14th.

Even before Spectrum's first test launch, Isar has already secured a launch contract to fly the new rocket's first commercial missions. The company announced a deal with the Norwegian Space Agency on March 12 for Isar to launch the Arctic Ocean Surveillance (AOS) program satellites by 2028.

Isar Aerospace, based in Germany, is the first in a crop of new European rocket companies to attempt an orbital launch. If all went according to plan, Isar's Spectrum rocket would have arced to the north from Andøya Spaceport in Norway and reached a polar orbit.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, liftoff of the Starlink mission is set to occur between 3:16 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. EDT Sunday. SpaceX has yet to confirm the mission. SpaceX usually targets the beginning of the launch window, however weather conditions at the launch and first-stage landing locations play a role in timing.

A crew of four international spacefarers on a private mission will soon seek to become the first humans to travel over Earth's poles.

German startup Isar Aerospace launched its Spectrum rocket from the Andøya spaceport on Sunday at 6:30 a.m. ET for its first test flight. The rocket successfully lifted off from its launchpad and spent around 30 seconds in the air before it started falling back down toward the Arctic Ocean,

A German start-up’s orbital rocket spun out and crashed seconds after take-off Sunday, in a rare European test flight that the makers said “met its set goals.”

A private European aerospace startup says it has successfully completed the first test flight of its orbital launch vehicle from Norway