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#isaraerospace

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Isar Aerospace

Isar Aerospace's first Spectrum rocket climbs away from Andøya Spaceport in Norway. Credit: Isar Aerospace/Brady Kenniston/NASASpaceflight.com Isar Aerospace launched it's first Spectrum rocket. Despite a duration of only 40s, the flight is still considered a success. It has produced lot's of valuable data and insights. Move fast and break things, I suppose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKLQxe2MvpQ&t=2015s

nomorecubes.net/2025/04/isar-a

Isar Aerospace's first Spectrum rocket climbs away from Andøya Spaceport in Norway. Credit: Isar Aerospace/Brady Kenniston/NASASpaceflight.com
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@bocs
It did indeed land, as we learnt 12 years later, but failed to operate. My point wasn't of course to blame those who tried to put a rover on Mars with a budget close to that of the Ingenuity helicopter alone.

But when I see titles like "First orbital rocket launched from Europe falls to the ground and explodes" in The Guardian, I feel pissed off. It's absurd to see ESA quoting #IsarAerospace's "great success" about the same test flight that others say Europe had a miserable failure.

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#IsarAerospace CEO apparently likes Orwellian newspeak, and toots their 30s flight (that's 𝟑𝟎 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒔) that ended in RUD as a “𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔”.

The CEO should be reminded that 80+ years ago his compatriot Wernher von Braun managed to get his V2 rockets cross the Kármán line and, as an added bonus, dropped them unstoppable into London, killing thousands. That was an actual success.

Exploding test flights ain't "success"; putting satellites to orbit is.

esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space

www.esa.intSpectrum takes flight and clears the launch pad
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MediaFaro News Digest

Spectrum, the first orbital rocket launched from continental Europe, crashed seconds after blast-off.

The Spectrum rocket, developed by German start-up Isar Aerospace, crashed seconds after blast-off from Andoya Spaceport in Nordmela, on Andøya island, Norway. The two-stage rocket fell into the sea

Before this launch, Isar Aerospace had stated that it had little hope of reaching orbit on its first attempt.

mediafaro.org/article/20250330

"Spectrum" stands on a launchpad at Andoya Spaceport in Nordmela, on Andøya island, Norway, on 21 March 2025. | BRADY KENNISTON / AP
Le Monde · Spectrum, the first orbital rocket launched from continental Europe, crashed seconds after blast-off.By Le Monde
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