3 articles from The Verge, Ars Technica, Euronews.
German company Isar Aerospace successfully launched Europe's first entirely commercial orbital rocket, placing its Spectrum rocket into low Earth orbit. This achievement came on the company's second attempt, after a failed launch last March that lasted 30 seconds before crashing into the sea. Isar Aerospace became the first European firm to reach orbit with its own launcher and hit the first milestone of the European Space Agency's European Launcher Challenge.
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German company Isar Aerospace has successfully launched Europe's first entirely commercial orbital rocket. It attempted to achieve the feat last March, but that lasted all of 30 seconds before the vehicle crashed into the sea and exploded. This time the company managed to get…
"We achieved within a few years what had taken the European space industry decades before."
German company Isar Aerospace has placed its Spectrum rocket in low Earth orbit at the second attempt, becoming the first European firm to do so with its own launcher and hitting the first milestone of ESA's European Launcher Challenge.
