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Spectrum

In-active

Isar Aerospace (ISAR)

March 30, 2025

Description

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

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

Private

CEO: Daniel Metzler

ISAR 2018

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

Upcoming Spaceflights

Spectrum | Onward and Upward

Isar Aerospace | Germany
Andøya Spaceport
TBD February, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

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)

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Spectrum | ΣYNDEO-3

Isar Aerospace | Germany
Andøya Spaceport
TBD December, 2026

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 Orbit

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Spectrum | Tom & Jerry

Isar Aerospace | Germany
Andøya Spaceport
TBD December, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Two satellites designed to demonstrate rendezvous and capture operations essential for Infinite Orbits's in-orbit servicing capabilities.

Low Earth Orbit

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Spectrum | Cassini

Isar Aerospace | Germany
Andøya Spaceport
TBD December, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Three small satellites hosting payloads for companies across Europe as part of the ESA-European Union IOD (In-Orbit Demonstration) and IOV (In-Orbit Verification) programs.

Low Earth Orbit

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Spectrum | SEOPS LaunchLock Prime

Isar Aerospace | Germany
Andøya Spaceport
TBD December, 2028

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Dedicated multi-customer payload ride-share launch mission managed by U.S.-based integration and mission services provider SEPOS.

Low Earth Orbit

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Spectrum | AOS-Demo & Precursor

Isar Aerospace | Germany
Andøya Spaceport
TBD December, 2028

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 Orbit

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Previous Flights

flew on one previous launch(es).

Spectrum | Maiden Flight

Isar Aerospace | Germany
Andøya Spaceport
March 30, 2025, 10:30 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

First flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Recent Launches

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