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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
―
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

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 | Flight Two

Isar Aerospace | Germany
Andøya Spaceport
TBD December, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Second test flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle, carrying several cubesats as part of the European Space Agency's “Boost!” program.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Spectrum | Tom & Jerry

Isar Aerospace | Germany
Andøya Spaceport
TBD December, 2026

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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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 | SEOPS LaunchLock Prime

Isar Aerospace | Germany
Andøya Spaceport
TBD December, 2028

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Dedicated multi-customer payload ride-share launch mission managed by U.S.-based integration and mission services provider SEPOS.

Low Earth Orbit

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Spectrum | AOS-Demo & Precursor

Isar Aerospace | Germany
Andøya Spaceport
TBD December, 2028

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Two satellites for the Norwegian Space Agency’s Arctic Ocean Surveillance (AOS) program. AOS-Demo will be built by thr Norwegian engineering company Eidel to demonstrate maritime monitoring technologies. AOS-Precursor will be built by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace as the first operational satellite of the system to track maritime activities in the Arctic.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Previous Flights

flew on one previous launch(es).

Spectrum | Maiden Flight

Isar Aerospace | Germany
Andøya Spaceport
March 30, 2025, 10:30 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

First flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Recent Launches

Electron

Success

1 day, 4 hours ago

Follow My Speed (BlackSky Gen-3 3?)

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Note: Payload and customer identities unconfirmed, identification based on mission patch and rocket drop zones analysis. 3rd of the BlackSky Gen-3…

Long March 2

Success

2 days, 12 hours ago

Shijian 30 A-C

Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

3 Chinese satellites described as for “Space Environment Measurements” purposes. Actual usage not known.

Falcon 9

Success

2 days, 16 hours ago

Starlink Group 6-94

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Electron

Success

3 days, 3 hours ago

Prometheus Run (VAN)

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) - Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program. This mission was lead by MDA and deployed a…

Falcon 9

Success

4 days, 11 hours ago

Sentinel-6B

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