Isar Aerospace launch into orbit [video]

westpfelia

As a person involved in the operations side of this campaign. HOLY SHIT we did it!

huhtenberg

How does Isar Aerospace fit in with other smaller rocket launchers? I'd imagine they are well behind, say, RKLB, but how far are they from commercial launches? Edit after some digging, some background info: Vehicle | Height | Diameter | Payload to LEO -----------+--------+----------+---------------- Electron | 18 m | 1.8 m | 300 kg Isar | 28 m | 2.0 m | 1000 kg Neutron * | 43 m | 7.0 m | 13000 kg Falcon 9 | 70 m | 3.7 m | 23000 kg * in the works To Rocket Lab's defense, they do quite a bit more than just launching Electrons and chipping at the Neutron.

ChrisArchitect

Some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49580369