Brazil and Argentina have successfully launched a VS30 Sounding rocket from Brazil's Barreira do Inferno launch centre in northern Rio Grande do Norte state, on Sunday. The joint space mission which was delayed several times since Wednesday by bad weather, lasted 9 minutes, 25 seconds. The Single stage suborbital launch vehicle, consisting of 1 x Sonda 3-1, carried experiments from both countries, and reached an altitude of 75 miles.