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Maiden Flight

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Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Test Flight

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Orbital Launch Pad Andøya Spaceport

First flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle.

Updates

hitura-nobad • March 30, 2025, 10:32 a.m.

Launch failure occurred.


hitura-nobad • March 30, 2025, 10:30 a.m.

Liftoff!


LL2 • March 30, 2025, 9:56 a.m.

Official Webcast by Isar Aerospace has started


Cosmic_Penguin • March 30, 2025, 4:07 a.m.

GO for launch.


Cosmic_Penguin • March 29, 2025, 6:19 a.m.

NET March 30. (Launch window per https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=47876.msg2671686#msg2671686)


Spectrum

Family:
Configuration:

Spectrum is a small launch vehicle developed by German company Isar Aerospace.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    28.0 m
  • Diameter
    2.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    2.5 m
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
    675.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Spectrum
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Spectrum
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    1000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    700.0 kg

Isar Aerospace

Isar Aerospace

(ISAR)

CEO: Daniel Metzler Founded: 2018 Successes: 1 Failures: 1 Pending: 9

Agency Type:

Isar Aerospace is a German aerospace company based in Munich, Germany. The company was founded in 2018.

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European Spaceflight

Inaugural Isar Aerospace Spectrum Flight Ends in Failure

The inaugural launch of the Isar Aerospace Spectrum rocket ended in failure on 30 March, less than thirty seconds into its flight. Spectrum is a two-stage rocket standing approximately 28 metres tall and designed to deliver up to 1,000 kil…

SpaceNews

Isar Aerospace’s first Spectrum launch fails

The first launch of Isar Aerospace’ Spectrum rocket failed March 30 when the vehicle lost attitude control seconds after liftoff and plummeted to Earth. The post Isar Aerospace’s first Spectrum launch fails appeared first on SpaceNews.

ESA

Spectrum takes flight and clears the launch pad

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