Despite the failure, the company considers valuable the experience gained Norueguesa Space Base of Andøya, not Arctic.
The first orbital rocket launched from continental Europe dwelled today on Earth after a flight of just a few seconds, at the Norwegian space base of Andøya in the Arctic.
Shortly after offspring, the Spectrum rocket, a two-phase ship developed by the German start-up began to oscillate, turned and fell toward the earth, generating a strong explosion sound, according to images transmitted live on Youtube.
An orbital rocket is a launcher capable of placing a useful load, such as a satellite, in the orbit of the earth or beyond it.
Prior to the launch, which had been postponed several times due to climacteric conditions, Isar Space had indicated that he had little hope of reaching the earth’s orbit in its first attempt.
“Every second flight is precious because it allows us to collect data and gain experience,” explained Daniel Metzler, co -founder and director of the German company.
“Thirty seconds of flight would be a real success,” he stressed in an email sent to the AFP agency.
At 28 meters high and two meters in diameter, Spectrum has a load capacity of a ton. Today, he took off empty for his inaugural flight.
Prior to this release, a first orbital flight attempt was made from Europe in early 2023 in Britain by Virgin Orbit, owned by multimillionaire Richard Branson.
Unlike Isar Aerospace, the company did not use a launch platform, but a Boeing 747 to raise a rocket to the altitude.
The project was a failure and the company was extinguished.
