German company becomes first in Europe to launch fully commercial orbital rocket

We achieved within a few years what had taken the European space industry decades before." Isar Aerospace, founded in 2018 by three students at a German university, successfully launched a privately-developed rocket into low-Earth orbit Saturday from a Norwegian spaceport inside the Arctic Circle. The two-stage rocket, named Spectrum, became the first fully commercial launch vehicle in Europe to reach orbit [1].

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1. arstechnica.com · German company becomes first in Europe to launch fully commercial orbital rocket Sep 6, 2026
2. theverge.com · Europe has its first commercial orbital rocket Sep 6, 2026
3. space.com · Private German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil Sep 5, 2026

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