Spectrum

In-active

Isar Aerospace (ISAR)

March 30, 2025

Description

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

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
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Variant
―
Alias
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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

Private

CEO: Daniel Metzler

ISAR 2018

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

Upcoming Spaceflights

Spectrum | Onward and Upward

Isar Aerospace | Germany
Andøya Spaceport
TBD August, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

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)

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Spectrum | Cassini

Isar Aerospace | Germany
Andøya Spaceport
TBD December, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Three small satellites hosting payloads for companies across Europe as part of the ESA-European Union IOD (In-Orbit Demonstration) and IOV (In-Orbit Verification) programs.

Low Earth Orbit

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Spectrum | ΣYNDEO-3

Isar Aerospace | Germany
Andøya Spaceport
TBD December, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

ΣYNDEO-3 is a satellite built by Redwire Corporation for the European Union/European Space Agency (ESA)’s In-Orbit Demonstration and In-Orbit Validation Programme (IOD/IOV), which will carry 10 different technological demonstration payload from institutions of Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the European Commission. The satellite is built on Redwire's Hammerhead spacecraft platform.

Low Earth Orbit

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Spectrum | AT-Astra and Others (Spectrum Flight 3)

Isar Aerospace | Germany
Andøya Spaceport
TBD December, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Third test flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle. This launch will carry various satellites including R-Space’s AT-Astra/IOD-01, which will perform in-orbit demonstrations for ENPULSION, SUNBOOSTER GmbH, and Synopsis Planet.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Spectrum | 1 x Pelican satellite

Isar Aerospace | Germany
Andøya Spaceport
TBD December, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Payload consists of a single Pelican high-resolution imaging satellite for Planet Labs Germany.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Spectrum | Tom & Jerry

Isar Aerospace | Germany
Andøya Spaceport
TBD June, 2027

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Two satellites designed to demonstrate rendezvous and capture operations essential for Infinite Orbits's in-orbit servicing capabilities.

Low Earth Orbit

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Flight Record

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