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Key Takeaways:

  • Isar Aerospace's first attempt to launch its Spectrum orbital rocket ended unsuccessfully after just 18 seconds.
  • The rocket began to wobble and tumble shortly after clearing the launch site on Norway's coast.
  • Controllers cut the engines, leading to the rocket falling into a fjord and exploding.
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A German company’s first attempt to launch an orbital rocket ended after just 18 seconds on Sunday. Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum started wobbling just after it cleared the launch site on Norway’s coast and as it started to tumble controllers cut the engines and it fell to the fjord below in a huge explosion.

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