Esrange has been launching sounding rockets for nearly 60 years, including the Maxus 4 suborbital microgravity mission in 2001. (Image credit: ESA/ESRANGE/Lars Thulin)

A suborbital rocket is set to help scientists take the next step in various realms of research with a launch from northern Sweden.

The launch window for the SubOrbital Express-4 mission -- which will fly from the Esrange Space Center, above the Arctic Circle -- opens on Nov. 22. It will send six experiments from the U.S, Japan, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden briefly into space and provide precious minutes of microgravity.

Experiments aboard the rocket range from immune cell research, solar cell techniques and dust formation in space, to complex particle behavior, macroalgae reproduction and the behavior of water in microgravity.

"Sometimes, a few minutes in the microgravity of space is just what a research project needs to reach the next level, often resulting in great discoveries for humanity," Krister Sjölander, head of payloads and flight systems at the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), said in a statement.

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The SubOrbital Express-4 mission will use a 41.3-foot-tall (12.56 meters), two-stage VSB-30 launch vehicle to send 902 pounds (409 kilograms) of experiment payload to an altitude of 165 miles (265 kilometers).

The mission is the 16th in a series of Materials Science Experiment Rocket (MASER) rockets launched from Esrange since 1987. The European Space Agency (ESA) is the program's largest customer, funding several of the experiments on board SubOrbital Express-4.

The mission experiments are:

The launch window runs through Dec. 3. Sweden's Arctic Esrange spaceport is also preparing to host orbital launches in the future.