{"id":3508,"date":"2026-09-06T23:04:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T19:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/europe-has-its-first-commercial-orbital-rocket\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T23:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T19:04:22","slug":"europe-has-its-first-commercial-orbital-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/europe-has-its-first-commercial-orbital-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe has its first commercial orbital rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Isar Aerospace launching Spectrum.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Isar Aerospace\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/c-Isar-Aerospace-Flight-2_2026-09-05-224332_ylbv.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">German company Isar Aerospace has successfully launched Europe&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/space\/2026\/09\/german-company-becomes-first-in-europe-to-launch-fully-commercial-orbital-rocket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exploded<\/a>. This time the company managed to get the two-stage Spectrum into low Earth orbit from a Norwegian spaceport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CEO and Co-Founder Daniel Metzler said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/isaraerospace.com\/press\/history-for-european-spaceflight-isar-aerospace-reaches-orbit-and-deploys-payloads-on-second-flight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00ab\u00a0Today, 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 no \u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/science\/990906\/isar-aerospace-europe-orbital-rocket-launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German company Isar Aerospace has successfully launched Europe&rsquo;s first entirely commercial orbital rocket. 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