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Onward and Upward

SpectrumAndøya Spaceport

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Isar Aerospace

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)

Spectrum launched Onward and Upward from Orbital Launch Pad at Andøya Spaceport.

Launched
22:12 CEST at the pad
Rocket
SpectrumIsar Aerospace
Destination
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Launch site
Orbital Launch Pad, Andøya Spaceport1st launch from this pad in 2026524 days after the last
Latest update
Launch success.

1st

Isar Aerospace launch of 2026

Spectrum

Isar Aerospace2 launches since March 2025, 1 successful

28m

Height

2m

Diameter

675kN

Thrust at liftoff

1t

Payload to low Earth orbit

About Spectrum

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

In orbit now

The crewed stations, Hubble and Starlink 31-⁠1, once around the Earth every 90 to 94 minutes

SpacecraftAltitudeSpeed
ISSDocked: Crew-⁠12, Soyuz MS-⁠29In Earth’s shadow433km27,552km/h
TiangongDocked: Shenzhou-⁠23In Earth’s shadow393km27,633km/h
HubbleIn Earth’s shadow473km27,473km/h
Starlink 31-⁠126 satellites from Starship Flight 14, launched 2 days ago; numbers for the first in lineIn sunlight266km27,905km/h

Estimated for from CelesTrak’s orbital elements, Starlink 31-⁠1’s fitted to SpaceX’s own data, up to 17 h old.