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Isar Aerospace Breaks into Orbit and Challenges SpaceX

Headline from Cheddar, on the newest of 2 developments

German rocket maker Isar Aerospace has reached orbit for the first time, putting Europe’s commercial space ambitions into a new phase.

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Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Germany's Isar Aerospace launches rocket into orbit from Norway

    Headline from Phys ·

  2. Newest

    Isar Aerospace Breaks into Orbit and Challenges SpaceX

    Headline from Cheddar ·

Reports & sources

10 articles, oldest first.

  1. Bloomberg

    German Startup Isar’s Rocket Lifts Off on European Space Mission (opens Bloomberg)

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    Bloomberg's feed description

    An Isar Aerospace rocket lifted off from a launchpad in Norway as the German startup seeks to pull off the first commercial space mission to reach orbit from continental Europe.

  2. Deutsche Welle

    German company successfully launches rocket to space (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Bavaria-based Isar Aerospace managed to launch its Spectrum rocket into orbit, 18 months after its first attempt. This is the first such launch from European soil.

  3. Al Jazeera

    German company launches rocket as Europe enters satellite race (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Isar Aerospace says its 28-metre-long Spectrum rocket blasted off into space from Andøya spaceport in Arctic Norway.

  4. Phys

    Germany's Isar Aerospace launches rocket into orbit from Norway (opens Phys)

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    Phys's feed description

    Germany's Isar Aerospace launched a rocket into orbit from Norway on Saturday as Europe races to boost its ability to economically send satellites into space independently of the United States.

  5. Financial Times

    European SpaceX rival launches rocket into orbit (opens Financial Times)

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    Financial Times's feed description

    German start-up Isar Aerospace succeeds in first ever commercial blast-off from Europe

  6. France 24

    German startup notches Europe's first successful private orbital launch (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    German startup Isar Aerospace becomes the first company to achieve a successful private orbital space launch. But first: Germany's far-right AfD party scores a big electoral victory, pushed along in part by the country's structural economic crisis and its fiscal policies.

  7. France 24

    German startup carries out Europe's first commercial space launch (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    German startup Isar Aerospace successfully launched its Spectrum rocket into orbit from Norway on Saturday night, marking the first ever such launch by a commercial entity from European soil. European firms are racing to make up ground in the lucrative launch industry, currently dominated by America…

  8. Tech Startups

    Germany’s Isar Aerospace reaches orbit for the first time: Europe’s emerging rival to SpaceX (opens Tech Startups)

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    Tech Startups's feed description

    Germany’s Isar Aerospace has reached orbit for the first time, giving Europe a homegrown contender in a commercial launch market dominated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The Munich-based startup’s Spectrum rocket reached orbit on Saturday and successfully deployed its payloads into […] The post Germany’s Is…

  9. Quartz

    German rocket startup Isar Aerospace reached orbit for the first time on its second launch (opens Quartz)

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    Quartz's feed description

    The Munich-based startup says rockets 3 through 7 are already in production as it targets up to 40 launches per year

  10. Cheddar

    Isar Aerospace Breaks into Orbit and Challenges SpaceX (opens Cheddar)

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    Cheddar's feed description

    German rocket maker Isar Aerospace has reached orbit for the first time, putting Europe’s commercial space ambitions into a new phase.

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