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Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Test Flight

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Orbital Launch Pad Andøya Spaceport

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)

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • March 18, 2026, 12:13 p.m.

NET March 23 due to launch site weather.

Cosmic_Penguin • March 4, 2026, 8 p.m.

Added daily launch window.

Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 30, 2026, 12:52 p.m.

NET March 19.

Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 21, 2026, 7:07 p.m.

Delayed to next range window in February.

Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 21, 2026, 11:55 a.m.

Scrubbed for the day due to pressurization valve issue.

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
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Thrust
675.0 kN

Family

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
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
700.0 kg

Isar Aerospace

(ISAR)

CEO: Daniel Metzler Founded: 2018 Successes: 0 Failures: 1 Pending: 6

Agency Type:

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

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