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Seventh Consecutive Launch Delay Amid High Stakes For European Space
Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket was grounded for the seventh consecutive time due to wind speeds, with the company remaining silent on the issue. The launch window remains open through September 10, and the stakes are high, with three binding commercial obligations depending on the rocket’s first orbital insertion. The European Space Agency has committed €197.8 million to Isar, and the company has also signed deals with Maritime Launch Services and Planet Labs Germany. The mission, dubbed ‘Onward and Upward,’ aims to launch five CubeSats and one non-separable experiment into sun-synchronous orbit. This article was first reported by Unknown Source.