Spectrum on the launch pad

Spectrum rocket on its launch pad in Andøya Spaceport in Norway.

Isar Aerospace will countdown to the second launch of its Spectrum rocket, from Andøya Spaceport in northern Norway.

Isar Aerospace’s two-stage launch vehicle Spectrum is 28 m tall, 2 m in diameter and, with its ten engines, it is targeting to launch payloads of up to 1000 kg to low Earth orbit.

This launch comes just ten months after the rocket’s first test flight, that flew for 30 seconds, clearing the launch pad and proved Spectrum can achieve one of the hardest parts of space transportation: liftoff.