so this aged pretty fucking well. 🇩🇪 > Isar aerospace just became the first european rocket startup to deliver satellites into orbit, on only its 2nd ever flight! > this comes after their first rocket crashed into the sea after 30 seconds, just 5 days after i posted the thread below last year > this is a major milestone for european space sovereignty > europe depends on satellites for communications, disaster response and defence > that includes tracking russian troop movements and…

Ole Lehmann@itsolelehmannMar 25, 2025

They told Europe "you can't compete with SpaceX." But a new Munich startup just raised €350M to prove everyone wrong. Now their Spectrum rocket is set to make history as Europe's FIRST commercial orbital launch. How Isar Aerospace is rewriting Europe's space future 🧵: https://t.co/w0wPcKNFJD