What Happened
German Startup Achieves Historic European Commercial Space Milestone
Isar Aerospace, a German startup, has successfully launched satellites into orbit, becoming the first European commercial space company to do so. The historic launch took place during the second flight of its Spectrum rocket, which lifted off from the Andøya Space launch site in Norway. The mission, dubbed ‘Onward and Upward,’ placed five small satellites and a technology experiment into orbit. This achievement marks an important milestone for Europe’s space industry, as reported by Unknown Source.