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 "slug": "isar-aerospace-orbit-spectrum-flight-two-esa-launcher-challenge-eur-197-8-million",
 "title": "Isar Aerospace Reaches Orbit on Spectrum Flight Two, Meeting ESA's Launcher Challenge Orbit Condition",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/isar-aerospace-orbit-spectrum-flight-two-esa-launcher-challenge-eur-197-8-million/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/isar-aerospace-orbit-spectrum-flight-two-esa-launcher-challenge-eur-197-8-million/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-09-05T14:32:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-09T14:33:08.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndøya, 5 September 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket lifted off at 22:12 CEST on 5 September from Andøya and reached orbit on its second flight, deploying payloads selected through the German Space Agency's microlauncher competition and funded under ESA Boost!\n * ESA signed a EUR 197.8 million European Launcher Challenge contract with Isar on 28 August, conditional on an orbital flight before 2028 — the condition was met eight days after signature\n * RFA (EUR 1",
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  "defense-industry",
  "spc-space",
  "dez-german-defense-zeitenwende"
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