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The first flight of Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket didn't last long on Sunday. The booster's nine engines switched off as the rocket cartwheeled upside-down and fell a short distance from its Arctic launch pad in Norway, punctuating the abbreviated test flight with a spectacular fiery crash into the sea.

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Debut flight of Isar Aerospace Spectrum rocket ends in explosion

Spectrum lifted off from Norway’s picturesque Andøya Spaceport and cleared the launch pad. But after about 30 seconds, the vehicle activated its flight termination system, shutting down its engines and sending it tumbling nose-down into the sea “in a controlled manner,” Isar said.

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Isar Aerospace's Spectrum Rocket Explodes Shortly After Takeoff

Isar Aerospace managed to launch its Spectrum rocket this past weekend after several aborted attempts, only for it to crash shortly after liftoff in a fiery implosion in the nearby ocean. The rocket appeared to begin a pitch maneuver to push toward its planned retrograde orbit,

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Spectrum Rocket Crashes Into Sea After Orbital Launch Attempt, Company Calls Test A 'Success'

A first-of-its-kind European rocket launch ended in the Norwegian Sea when Isar Aerospace's unmanned rocket exploded just 40 ...

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Watch a private German rocket explode during 1st orbital launch attempt from European soil (video)

The Germany company's first Spectrum rocket lifted off Sunday morning (March 30) from Andøya Spaceport in northern Norway on ...

First Orbital Rocket Launched From European Soil Explodes Seconds After Liftoff

German startup Isar Aerospace launched its Spectrum rocket from the Andøya spaceport on Sunday at 6:30 a.m. ET for its first ...

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Watch 1st-ever orbital rocket launch from European soil early on March 30

Even before Spectrum's first test launch, Isar has already secured a launch contract to fly the new rocket's first commercial ...

Photos: Europe's first orbital rocket test ends in a crash after short flight

Powered by nine Aquila engines, the Spectrum rocket generated 16,860 pounds of thrust at launch. Isar Aerospace had high ...

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This launcher is about to displace the V-2 as Germany’s largest rocket

There are no customer satellites aboard the first Spectrum test flight. The rocket will climb into a polar orbit from Andøya ...

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First attempt to launch European orbital rocket Spectrum ended in crash, but mission was called success

The Spectrum rocket, which was supposed to be the first orbital rocket launched from Europe, crashed immediately after launch ...

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1st-ever orbital rocket launch from European soil falls to Earth and explodes seconds into flight

The first orbital rocket launch from European soil ended in an explosion when Isar Aerospace's rocket fell to Earth seconds ...

Watch this new European rocket lift off … then crash

A European Vega-C rocket will launch tomorrow carrying the Sentinel-1C mission into orbit in the rocket's first return to flight since it failed in 2022. The European Space Agency (ESA) is launching ...

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