Spectrum
ActiveIsar Aerospace (ISAR)
March 30, 2025
Description
Spectrum is a small launch vehicle developed by German company Isar Aerospace.
Specifications
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Stages
2 -
Length
28.0 m -
Diameter
2.0 m -
Fairing Diameter
2.5 m -
Launch Mass
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Thrust
675.0 kN
Family
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Name
Spectrum -
Family
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Variant
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Alias
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Full Name
Spectrum
Payload Capacity
-
Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
1000.0 kg -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
― -
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
700.0 kg
Isar Aerospace
Private
CEO: Daniel Metzler
ISAR 2018Isar Aerospace is a German aerospace company based in Munich, Germany. The company was founded in 2018.
Upcoming Spaceflights
Spectrum | AT-Astra and Others (Spectrum Flight 3)
Isar Aerospace | GermanyAndøya Spaceport
Spectrum | ΣYNDEO-3
Isar Aerospace | GermanyAndøya Spaceport
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
ΣYNDEO-3 is a satellite built by Redwire Corporation for the European Union/European Space Agency (ESA)’s In-Orbit Demonstration and In-Orbit Validation Programme (IOD/IOV), which will carry 10 different technological demonstration payload from institutions of Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the European Commission. The satellite is built on Redwire's Hammerhead spacecraft platform.
Low Earth OrbitSpectrum | 1 x Pelican satellite
Isar Aerospace | GermanyAndøya Spaceport
Spectrum | Cassini
Isar Aerospace | GermanyAndøya Spaceport
Spectrum | Tom & Jerry
Isar Aerospace | GermanyAndøya Spaceport
Spectrum | ELS-R1
Isar Aerospace | GermanyAndøya Spaceport
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
ELS-R1 is the first free-flying/returnable experiment hosting spacecraft developed by the Japanese company ElevationSpace. The ELS-R platform is an uncrewed service that enables research, development, and manufacturing in space, followed by the return of results and materials to Earth. Compared to traditional methods that rely on crewed facilities such as the International Space Station (ISS), ELS-R offers greater flexibility, fewer operational constraints, and less stringent safety reviews, making it possible to access space more frequently and efficiently.
Low Earth OrbitSpectrum | ADRAS-J2
Isar Aerospace | GermanyAndøya Spaceport
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
ADRAS-J2 is a active orbital debris removal mission spacecraft developed and operated by Astroscale as part of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration project. It will demonstrate active debris removal by safely approaching and capturing a non-cooperative H-IIA rocket upper stage. The target object measures approximately 11 meters in length, four meters in diameter and weighs around three tons. The mission aims to address the increasingly critical issue of space debris, in which unprepared objects in orbit pose an additional challenge as they have not been prepared with any technologies that enable docking or potential servicing or removal.
Sun-Synchronous OrbitSpectrum | SEOPS LaunchLock Prime
Isar Aerospace | GermanyAndøya Spaceport
Spectrum | ELSA-M
Isar Aerospace | GermanyAndøya Spaceport
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
ELSA-M (End of Life Services by Astroscale – Multiple) is Astroscale’s commercial satellite service designed to remove inactive satellites from orbit. It is the world's first End-of-Life (EOL) service for prepared, full-sized commercial end customers, harnessing magnetic capture for multiple satellite removals. The in-orbit demonstration mission is a partnership programme led by Astroscale and supported by the UK Space Agency, ESA, and the commercial satellite operator Eutelsat through the Sunrise Partnership Project, a public–private partnership between ESA and Eutelsat Group. The mission will safely approach and dock with a Eutelsat OneWeb communications satellite at its end of life, then remove it from orbit. This world first commercial ‘de-orbit as a service’ demonstration showcases the technologies and operational capability needed to reduce collision risk in Earth’s increasingly crowded Low Earth Orbit.
Polar OrbitSpectrum | AOS-Demo & Precursor
Isar Aerospace | GermanyAndøya Spaceport
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Two satellites for the Norwegian Space Agency’s Arctic Ocean Surveillance (AOS) program. AOS-Demo will be built by thr Norwegian engineering company Eidel to demonstrate maritime monitoring technologies. AOS-Precursor will be built by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace as the first operational satellite of the system to track maritime activities in the Arctic.
Sun-Synchronous OrbitSpectrum | Onward and Upward
Isar Aerospace | GermanyAndøya Spaceport
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Second test flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle. This launch will carry 5 cubesats and 1 non-separable experiment as part of European Space Agency (ESA)'s “Boost!” program: * CyBEEsat (TU Berlin) * TriSat-S (University of Maribor) * Platform 6 (EnduroSat) * FramSat-1 (NTNU) * SpaceTeamSat1 (TU Wien Space Team) * Let It Go (Dcubed, non-separable experiment)
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