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Germany's Isar Aerospace launches rocket into orbit from Norway
Germany's Isar Aerospace launched a rocket into orbit from Norway on Saturday as Europe races to boost its ability to economically send satellites into space independently of the United States.
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Isar's 28-meter-long (92-foot-long) two-stage Spectrum rocket blasted off shortly after 2000 GMT from Andoya Spaceport, north of the Arctic Circle, the company said. "We're in orbit! And just made European history: This is the first time a privately developed rocket reached orbit from continental Europe," the company said on X of the launch from the Norwegian spaceport Andoya.
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