Isar Reschedules Spectrum Launch to Saturday with Webcast
Isar Aerospace has announced that the first test flight of Spectrum is moved to Saturday, 29 March, due to ongoing weather restrictions.
Isar Aerospace will broadcast the Spectrum launch with a public live stream from the Andøya Spaceport in northern Norway. Mission ‘Going full Spectrum’ will be live on YouTube via: https://youtube.com/live/IKLQxe2MvpQ
The live stream will start with a conclusive GO poll at approximately:
T-20 minutes
12:15 pm CET (7:15 am EDT)
11:15 am UTC
“The first test flight of Isar Aerospace’s launch vehicle Spectrum is the first integrated test of all systems and tens of thousands of components,” the company said in its press kit. “And that is how we approach it: as a test. No matter how far we will get with our first test flight, we will generate valuable data and experience, learn, iterate, and improve for future missions. Launch vehicles 2 and 3 are already in production for the next flights.”
Spectrum will not carry a payload on this first flight.
Spectrum is a two-stage rocket designed to place 1,000 kg into low Earth orbit or 700 kg into sun-synchronous orbit. The first stage is powered by nine Aquila engines that use liquid oxygen and liquid propane. The second stage uses one Aquila vacuum engine.
It will be the first orbital launch attempt from the Andøya Spaceport. The facility is primarily used for suborbital sounding rocket launches. Europe conducts orbital launches using Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.