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 European Vega-C rocket will launch tomorrow carrying the Sentinel-1C mission into orbit in the rocket's first return to flight since it failed in 2022. The European Space Agency (ESA) is launching this Earth-monitoring satellite from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, and you can watch along as the event is live-streamed.

A test rocket intended to pave the way for satellite launches from Europe crashed and exploded just 40 seconds after liftoff from a Norwegian spaceport on Sunday. The launch was part of an initial test by German startup Isar Aerospace.