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In this issue:
- Isar Aerospace’s new funding
- Boeing’s Starliner crewed flight test delayed again
- News from Virgin Orbit and more
Isar Aerospace raises $165 million to bring more sovereign launch to Europe
German launch startup Isar Aerospace has scored $165 million (€155 million) in new funding as it races toward the inaugural flight of its Spectrum small rocket later this year.
The company, founded in 2018, is one of a handful of European startups looking to fill the gap in the launch market on that continent. There are just two European rockets flying today: the heavy-lift Ariane 5, built by ArianeGroup, and Italian aerospace company Avio’s Vega launch vehicle.
But Isar CEO Daniel Metzler told TechCrunch that European governments are waking up to the ...
