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Isar Aerospace Launches "Onward and Upward" Mission

Mission Name: 'Onward and Upward' Launch Date: Updates via https://isaraerospace.com/mission-updates-overview Launch site: Andøya Space The second flight of Isar's ‘Spectrum’ launch vehicle marks a significant milestone serving as both the vehicle’s qualification mission and its first flight carrying payload. "Onward and Upward" symbolizes Isar's relentless drive for progress and continuous …

Onward and Upward

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Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Test Flight

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Orbital Launch Pad Andøya Spaceport

Second test flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle. This launch will carry 5 cubesats and 1 non-separable experiment as part of European Space Agency (ESA)'s “Boost!” program: * CyBEEsat (TU Berlin) * TriSat-S (University of Maribor) * Platform 6 (EnduroSat) * FramSat-1 (NTNU) * SpaceTeamSat1 (TU Wien Space Team) * Let It Go (Dcubed, non-separable experiment)

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 23, 2025, 7:21 p.m.

NET January 17.


Cosmic_Penguin • March 23, 2026, 11:03 a.m.

Delayed to NET March 25 due to launch site weather.


Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 13, 2026, 3:52 p.m.

NET January 20 per new NOTAMs.


Cosmic_Penguin • June 17, 2026, 2:17 p.m.

NET June 20 per new NOTAMs, TBC.


Cosmic_Penguin • June 18, 2026, 4:23 a.m.

Reverted back to NET June TBD with cancellation of closure notices.


Spectrum

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Spectrum is a small launch vehicle developed by German company Isar Aerospace.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    28.0 m
  • Diameter
    2.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    2.5 m
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
    675.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Spectrum
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Spectrum
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    1000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    700.0 kg

Isar Aerospace

Isar Aerospace

(ISAR)

CEO: Daniel Metzler Founded: 2018 Successes: 0 Failures: 1 Pending: 9

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Isar Aerospace is a German aerospace company based in Munich, Germany. The company was founded in 2018.

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