Germany-based Isar Aerospace attempted to launch the first orbital rocket from European soil on Sunday morning (March 30). The company's Spectrum rocket lifted off from Europe's Andøya Spaceport in Norway, but suffered an anomaly 18 seconds into the flight.

Rocket launches from Florida occur at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, which is an hour east of Orlando theme parks

deploying a high-resolution reconnaissance satellite to orbit in March. Evidently, the rocket business is hard. Isar Aerospace, however, has not been derailed by its less-than-ideal launch.

Rocket Lab USA secures eligibility for the U.S. Space Force's NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1, a $5.6 billion initiative. The company plans to deploy its Neutron rocket, a reusable medium-lift vehicle, for critical national security launches.