Isar Aerospace Makes History with Europe’s First Fully Commercial Orbital Launch Written 8 September 2026
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Artist’s rendering of Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket taking off from a launchpad. | Credit: Isar Aerospace; Wikipedia; Fair use
Ars Technica reports Isar Aerospace achieved a major milestone for Europe’s commercial space sector Saturday, successfully launching its Spectrum rocket into low-Earth orbit. The German company, “founded in 2018 by three students at a German university,” launched the privately developed rocket from a Norwegian spaceport inside the Arctic Circle.
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