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Isar Aerospace, a German aerospace manufacturer headquartered in Munich, successfully launched its Spectrum rocket from Andøya Spaceport in Norway. The launch marked a major milestone as Spectrum became the first privately developed European rocket to reach space by crossing the 100-kilometre altitude threshold in under four minutes. Spectrum is a two-stage orbital launch vehicle powered by 10 engines, measuring 28 metres in height and 2 metres in diameter. It can carry payloads of up to 1,000 kilograms to Low Earth Orbit. During the mission, the rocket deployed five CubeSats and also carried the “Let It Go” experiment developed by Dcubed.