Isar Aerospace's second Spectrum test flight lifted off from Andoya Spaceport in Norway, reaching orbit and becoming the first orbital launch from continental European soil. The mission, dubbed Onward and Upward and backed by ESA's Boost! program, carried six commercial and educational CubeSats to sun-synchronous orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 30 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 2 Spectrum flights
- Date and time
- 5 September 2026, 20:12 UTC
- Rocket
- Spectrum
- Builder
- Isar Aerospace
- Launch site
- Orbital Launch Pad, Andøya Spaceport
- Payload
- Test Flight
- International designator
- 2026-203
- Launches in 2026
- 213th of 243
See it in orbit
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