Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket reached orbit on its second flight, making the German startup the first commercial company to deliver satellites from continental Europe. Its commercial chief says the launch industry is desperate for capacity.
The flight lands while SPCX stock trades publicly for the first time. Shares closed Friday at $147.95, down 1.20%, and the launch looks unlikely to move them far.
Why Europe Calls the Spectrum Flight a First
Spectrum lifted off from Andoya Spaceport in northern Norway on Saturday, September 5. It deployed six payloads into low Earth orbit, five cubesats, or shoebox-sized satellites, plus one experiment.
We made history. On just our second flight,…
