The space race heats up: all the news on the latest rocket launches
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This attempt at a first orbital launch from Europe lasted about 30 seconds.
Drone footage provided by Isar Aerospace (a startup incubated as part of the Bavaria One space program) shows the first test flight of its Spectrum orbital vehicle in Norway. The flight termination system was triggered before it attempted a first-stage separation, and the rocket fell into the sea, though Isar called it a success and said it has more vehicles in production.
Andoya Spaceport general manager Ingun Berget told TV 2 the flight was aborted because the rocket wasn’t going where it was supposed to go.
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