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Isar Aerospace Completes First Successful Spectrum Flight

Isar Aerospace Completes First Successful Spectrum Flight

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Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket completed its first successful flight, lifting off from Andøya Spaceport and deploying five CubeSats into low Earth orbit. The mission was the first successful orbital launch by a privately funded European rocket and the first successful orbital launch from continental Europe. Payloads included CyBEEsat, TriSat-S, Platform 6, FramSat-1, and SpaceTeamSat1, plus the non-separable experiment Let It Go.

German launch services provider Isar Aerospace has completed the first successful launch of its Spectrum rocket, deploying five CubeSats into low Earth orbit. The mission marked the first time a privately funded European orbital rocket had successfully reached orbit and the first successful orbital launch from continental Europe. The Spectrum rocket lifted off from Andøya […] The post Isar Aerospace Completes First Successful Spectrum Flight appeared first on European Spaceflight.

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