{"id":6612,"date":"2026-09-06T19:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T19:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6612"},"modified":"2026-09-06T19:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T19:38:10","slug":"isar-aerospace-europe-orbital-rocket-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6612","title":{"rendered":"Europe has its first commercial orbital rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">German company Isar Aerospace has successfully launched Europe\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/space\/2026\/09\/german-company-becomes-first-in-europe-to-launch-fully-commercial-orbital-rocket\/\">first entirely commercial orbital rocket<\/a>. It attempted to achieve the feat last March, but that lasted all of 30 seconds before the vehicle crashed into the sea and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/639386\/isar-aerospace-test-flight-failure-explosion\">exploded<\/a>. This time the company managed to get the two-stage Spectrum into low Earth orbit from a Norwegian spaceport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"duet--article--blockquote _1lkuyz82 _1lkuyz80 _19wv7tc9\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1lkuyz89 _1lkuyz88 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cToday, Isar Aerospace opened space from Continental Europe. Launch continues to be the largest bottleneck for the global space industry and from today on, there is a true alternative for commercial and institutional customers \u2026 Europe now has sovereign access to space. We have entered into a new chapter for European spaceflight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Until now, Europe has been largely reliant on Arianespace and Avio, which are largely funded by governments. The current global political climate makes the accomplishment particularly important for European countries that might view the United States as a less reliable partner at the moment and that have been cut off from Russian Soyuz rockets by the country\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. The European Space Agency has also made \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/security-policy\/buying-time-building-sovereignty-turning-europes-commercial-space-ambition-into-strategic-capability\/\">buy European<\/a>\u201d a cornerstone of its policies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/science\/990906\/isar-aerospace-europe-orbital-rocket-launch\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German company Isar Aerospace has successfully launched Europe\u2019s first entirely commercial orbital rocket. It attempted to achieve the feat last March, but that lasted all of 30 seconds before the vehicle crashed into the sea and exploded. This time the company managed to get the two-stage Spectrum into low Earth orbit from a Norwegian spaceport. 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