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[The second launch of a German launch vehicle successfully entered orbit] On the evening of September 5, local time, the "Spectrum" launch vehicle of the German aerospace start-up Isar Aerospace Company was launched from the Andøya spaceport in Norway and successfully entered orbit. This is the second flight of this type of rocket and the first mission with an actual payload.
"Spectrum" is a two-stage launch vehicle with a height of about 28 meters. It is mainly used to launch small and medium-sized satellites. It can send up to about 1 ton of payload into low-Earth orbit. In March 2025, the "Spectrum" rocket conducted its first test flight. About 30 seconds after liftoff, the rocket received an abort command due to a flight abnormality. Then it lost power and fell into the sea, failing to enter orbit.
This successful orbital launch means that a European commercial space company has launched an orbital launch vehicle from the European continent for the first time and successfully entered orbit. (CCTV News)
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