by Oslo, Norway (AP) – A private European aerospace startup said on Sunday that the first test flight of his circular from Norway has successfully completed.
Isar Aerospace, which is headquartered in Munich, said that she launched his spectrum missile from the island of Andøya in northern Norway.
The 28-meter spectrum of 92 feet) is a two-stage starting vehicle that is brought into orbit especially for small and medium-sized satellites. The rocket took off the pad on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. (1030 GMT) and flew for about 30 seconds before the flight ended, Isar said. The rocket then fell into the sea.
“Our first test flight met all of our expectations and achieved great success,” said Daniel Metzler, managing director and co -founder of Isar, in a press release. “We had a clean upswing, 30 seconds flight and were even able to validate our flight termination system.”
The start lost various factors, including weather and security, and on Sunday followed a week with poor conditions, including a start on Monday due to unfavorable winds and on Saturday for weather restrictions.
The company had largely ruled out the possibility that the rocket had reached the orbit on its first complete flight and said that it would be considered a 30-second flight as a success. The Isar Aerospace aims to collect as much data and experience as possible in the first integrated check of all systems in its internally developed carrier vehicle.
Isar Aerospace is separated from the European space agency or the ESA, which is financed by its 23 Member States.
The ESA has been starting through rockets and satellites for years, but mainly from French Guayana – a department for France in South America – and Cape Canaveral in Florida.
