Andøya, 5 September 2026 – Today, Isar Aerospace became the first commercialized abstraction institution from Europe to successfully present satellites into orbit, connected what was only its 2nd flight. Mission ‘Onward and Upward’ lifted disconnected from Isar Aerospace’s dedicated motorboat analyzable astatine Andøya Space successful Norway astatine 10:12 p.m. CEST, deploying payloads successful orbit. “Today, Isar Aerospace opened abstraction from Continental Europe. Launch continues to beryllium the largest bottleneck for the world abstraction manufacture and from coming on, location is simply a existent replacement for commercialized and organization customers”, said Daniel Metzler, CEO and Co-Founder of Isar Aerospace. Isar Aerospace is moving pinch the customers to corroborate the outer status.
Daniel Metzler, CEO and Co-Founder of Isar Aerospace, said: “We achieved wrong a fewer years what had taken the European abstraction manufacture decades before. Europe now has sovereign entree to space. We person entered into a caller section for European spaceflight. I americium incredibly proud of our team, that has made this occurrence communicative from Europe possible. We will now attraction connected quickly scaling motorboat conveyance production, present connected our bid pipeline, and meet surging world demand.”
Isar Aerospace’s qualification formation collapsed respective records successful European commercialized spaceflight: The conveyance successfully transited MaxQ, completed MECO and shape separation, and past ignited 2nd shape arsenic planned. It crossed the Kármán statement astatine an altitude of 100 kilometers and jettisoned the payload fairing earlier reaching orbital velocity. After completing circularization burn, spacecraft separation was completed successfully.
The mission’s payloads were selected done the Microlauncher Competition of the German Space Agency astatine DLR that provides acquisition institutions and start-ups pinch low-cost entree to space. The Microlauncher Competition is funded done ESA Boost!
Today’s ngo ‘Onward and Upward’ proved Isar Aerospace’s orbital motorboat capability. In parallel, the institution has precocious its world web of disposable motorboat sites and is nearing completion of Europe’s largest integrated accumulation installation for motorboat vehicles. In summation to its existent motorboat tract successful Andøya, Norway, Isar Aerospace is constructing a motorboat analyzable successful Nova Scotia, Canada, covering mid- to high-inclination orbits captious for Earth study and communications.
A historical turning constituent for Europe
Today marks a caller era for the world abstraction industry. The motorboat is not only a method masterpiece, but besides a breakthrough that will power Europe's strategic, economic, and technological future. Customers astir the world now person a sovereign motorboat action astatine their disposal.
Next ‘Spectrum’ motorboat vehicles already successful production
Isar Aerospace's exemplary is designed to build scalable motorboat capabilities. That is why the institution is not only processing and building a motorboat vehicle, but has besides built the “machine down the machine”, including a vertically integrated manufacturing exemplary and a precocious grade of automation successful production. ‘Spectrum’ motorboat vehicles 3-7 are already successful production. With the opening of the caller 40,000 m² accumulation facility, Isar Aerospace will yet person the capacity to manufacture up to 40 motorboat vehicles per year.
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About Isar Aerospace
The European abstraction institution Isar Aerospace offers motorboat services for transporting mini and medium-sized satellites and outer constellations into orbit. The motorboat vehicles utilized to carrier these satellites are developed, manufactured, and tested almost wholly in-house. Headquartered adjacent Munich, Germany, Isar Aerospace was founded successful 2018 and has grown to complete 400 employees, moving crossed 5 world locations. Private backing from world investors provides beardown backing for the company’s pioneering attack to standard and industrialize motorboat conveyance accumulation done vertical integration. More information: www.isaraerospace.com.
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