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Launches & Rockets

Spectrum rocket reaches Earth orbit from European soil for the first time

ILS Aerospace's Spectrum rocket reached orbit on May 5 from the Andøya Space Center in Norway.

Theo Anand
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German company ILS Aerospace reached Earth orbit on May 5, its Spectrum rocket lifting off from the Andøya Space Center in Norway. [4]