German startup carries out Europe's first commercial space launch
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What happened
German startup Isar Aerospace successfully launched its Spectrum rocket into orbit from Norway on Saturday night, marking the first ever such launch by a commercial entity from European soil. European firms are racing to make up ground in the lucrative launch industry, currently dominated by America's SpaceX.
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