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 | 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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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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Falcon 9
Success
1 day, 23 hours ago
Starlink Group 10-37
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.


Falcon 9
Success
3 days, 15 hours ago
Starlink Group 11-21
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
5 days, 1 hour ago
Starlink Group 10-21
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Long March 3
Success
5 days, 12 hours ago
Gaofen-14 02
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Gaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), a …


H3-24
Success
5 days, 16 hours ago
HTV-X1
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2 - Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

First flight of the upgraded Japanese HTV-X spacecraft designed to resupply the International Space Station.