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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: 0 Failures: 1 Pending: 1

Agency Type:

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

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