The Spectrum rocket launched from Norway’s Andoya Space Base at 12.30 local time, exploded in the air about 30 seconds after the flight.
During the live broadcast of the launch, a high explosion sound was heard. Then, weighing about 50 tons rocketHe fell near the launch ramp on Andoya Island.
Andoya Space, who operates the launch facility, said that the Spectrum rocket fell into the ocean and no one was harmed.
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The statement reportedly continued to evaluate environmental or material damage.
No information was given about the reason for the fall of the rocket.
It was aimed to be the first rocket launched from Europe
Munich -based private company Isar Aerospace developed by the crew and 28 -meter -high spectrum rocket was intended to be the first rocket launched from a commercial space base on the continent to orbit. However, with the decline of 30 seconds, the rocket could not reach the space that started at a height of 100 kilometers according to international definition.
The German company aimed to collect data with its test flight, which aims to place satellites in orbit.
Isar Aerospace Supreme Officer (CEO) Daniel Metzler said, ik We made a clean departure in our first flight today, we made a 30 -second flight and we didn’t fly the track into the air. ” He said.
Due to the geopolitical tensions between the US and Europe, independent access to space becomes important due to safety and economic reasons, while Isar Aerospace company aims to produce 40 launch vehicles annually with a new factory to be established near Munich in the future with its capital of exceeding 400 million euros.
On the other hand, according to a study conducted by the US -based investment bank Goldman Sachs, the global satellite market will increase from $ 15 billion to at least 108 billion dollars in 10 years. In the next 5 years, 70 thousand satellite will be deployed from the world to 1000 kilometers high. This is now almost six times the total number of satellites.
It caused criticism in the German press
While the USA, the space company Space X, established by Elon Musk, was dominant in the rocket launches in the world, while the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) sent the discovery satellites to space by Space X, causing criticism in the German press for making the German defense dependent on the US and Musk.
Source: AA
