GERMAN STARTUP LAUNCHES EUROPE'S FIRST COMMERCIAL ORBITAL ROCKET
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Isar Aerospace successfully deployed its Spectrum rocket into low Earth orbit from a Norwegian spaceport, making it the first European company to achieve a fully commercial orbital launch.
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