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Parsdorf, Vaterstetten, Bavaria, DE
Isar Aerospace is a European rocket company building the Spectrum launch vehicle to provide sovereign, cost-effective access to space for small and medium satellites.
Isar Aerospace is building a fully privately funded European launch vehicle designed to provide sovereign space capability for the continent. The company's Spectrum rocket is tailored to deliver small and medium satellites into orbit, serving sectors including satellite constellations, IoT networks, climate monitoring, communications infrastructure, and agriculture.
The Munich-based company employs over 400 people across five international locations. It has raised €400 million in funding and operates a 40,000-square-meter production facility with an annual capacity of 40 rockets. Isar Aerospace pursues a strategy of vertical integration, developing, manufacturing, and testing nearly every component in-house.
Its technical work spans rocket engineering, additive manufacturing, carbon-composite structures, and satellite launch systems. The company's stated goal is to industrialize Europe's space launch capacity and provide flexible, cost-effective, and sustainable access to space.