Isar Aerospace is a German aerospace manufacturer and launch service provider founded in 2018. They are developing "Spectrum," a two-stage, liquid-fueled rocket designed to launch small to medium-sized satellites (up to 1,000 kg) into low Earth orbit. Isar Aerospace operates launch sites in Andøya, Norway and intends to launch from Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana and has secured contracts with customers like Airbus Defence and Space and the Norwegian Space Agency. The company's key investors include the NATO Innovation Fund, Earlybird, Airbus Ventures, and Lakestar.
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Isar Aerospace was raising €250 million.
Isar Aerospace had vehicles 3 through 7 in production.
An unauthorized boat violated the danger area and caused a hold in the countdown for Isar Aerospace’s qualification flight.
Isar Aerospace scrubbed Mission “Onward and Upward.”
Isar Aerospace aborted the launch of its qualification flight during autosequence.
The countdown reset for Isar Aerospace’s qualification flight exceeded the launch window.
The European Space Agency is continuing the European Launcher Challenge with Isar Aerospace, MaiaSpace, PLD Space, and Rocket Factory Augsburg.
Norway redirected 4.8 million euros of unassigned funding to Isar Aerospace.
The launch window for Isar Aerospace’s Mission ‘Onward and Upward’ remains subject to weather, safety, and range infrastructure conditions.
Strong winds in the launch area delayed the opening of the launch window for Isar Aerospace’s Mission ‘Onward and Upward’.
The launch window for Isar Aerospace’s Mission ‘Onward and Upward’ opens no earlier than 25 March 2026.
Isar Aerospace will launch Astroscale’s ELSA-M mission on its Spectrum vehicle from a dedicated pad at Andøya Space in Norway.
R-Space will launch its first mission on an Isar Aerospace flight later this year.
Isar Aerospace and Astroscale reached a launch agreement for the ELSA-M active debris removal in-orbit demonstration mission.
Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum launcher is designed, built, and operated entirely in-house.
ELSA-M will launch aboard Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum launch vehicle from Isar Aerospace’s dedicated launch site at Andøya Space.
Isar Aerospace's second Spectrum launch came almost exactly one year after its first launch.
Isar Aerospace's second Spectrum rocket launch, mission Onward And Upward, is scheduled for no earlier than March 23 at 20:00 UTC because of weather.
Isar Aerospace initially set January 21 as the launch date for the flight but canceled the attempt after detecting a problem in a pressurization valve.
Isar Aerospace is scheduled to launch its Spectrum rocket from Andøya on March 23.