Germany's Spectrum rocket launch scrubbed, to be rescheduled

Germany's Spectrum rocket launch scrubbed, to be rescheduled

The first-ever launch of the German Isar Aerospace company's Spectrum two-stage rocket was scrubbed Monday due to weather conditions.

Actually, the Isar Aerospace rocket was supposed to fly into space. Then the weather came in between the German start-up.

A German start-up will launch, on Monday, from the Norwegian space base on the island of Andoya, above the Arctic Circle, the first test mission of its Spectrum rocket, a first for Europe which is trying to preserve its independent access to space...

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Father and son drove for two days to catch the rocket launch on Andøya, then it was canceled. “It was a bit awkward,” says Eirik Chambe-Eng.

Rome, 24 March 2025 - The launch of the Spectrum space vector produced by the German company Isar Aerospace has been suspended due to weather conditions. Therefore, only the first attempt to reach Earth orbit of a rocket by a private German company, developed entirely in Europe and launched from European soil, has been postponed. The test launch from the Norwegian base of Andoya, above the Arctic Circle, would have served to collect data, withou…