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Possible first European rocket launch to reach orbit taking place in ~20minutes, livesteam here!

Posted by macleod
Tags: spaceflight.commercial, rocketry, norway, germany, rockets, rocket launches, spaceports, andoya space center, livestream, videos, isar aerospace, source.youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsbZj8PxmUk

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Title
Livestream: "Onward and Upward" Mission of Isar Aerospace
Authors
Isar Aerospace
Published
Jan 20 2026

11 comments

  1. [6]
    macleod
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    Less than an hour until launch! If you don't remember (or didn't get to see), last years first test launch was the most beautiful and scifi looking launch of all time. Seriously. Watch that.

    Less than an hour until launch!

    If you don't remember (or didn't get to see), last years first test launch was the most beautiful and scifi looking launch of all time. Seriously. Watch that.

    7 votes
    1. [4]
      macleod
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      Launch has been delayed for another ~15m as a boat decided to get too close to the launch pad...

      Launch has been delayed for another ~15m as a boat decided to get too close to the launch pad...

      6 votes
      1. [2]
        cfabbro
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        Launch got scrubbed. :/ https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/03/isar-onward-and-upward/

        Launch got scrubbed. :/

        The launch time had to be moved back to 20:21 UTC due to a range violation involving a boat. The range cleared and the countdown got all the way to T-3 seconds, just before engine ignition, when the flight aborted.The launch window lasted until 20:50 UTC, but after the abort, controllers called a scrub. No new launch date has been announced and the reason for the abort is not yet publicly known.

        https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/03/isar-onward-and-upward/

        13 votes
      2. qob
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        It was aborted. :( No reason was given. Doesn't sound like it was related to the boat. When the countdown was almost at zero, it was put on hold and a few minutes later they said it wouldn't...

        It was aborted. :(

        No reason was given. Doesn't sound like it was related to the boat. When the countdown was almost at zero, it was put on hold and a few minutes later they said it wouldn't launch today.

        9 votes
    2. Chiasmic
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      I’ll be honest it was beautiful until it wobbled. Then it looked a bit like my kerbal space program launches…

      I’ll be honest it was beautiful until it wobbled. Then it looked a bit like my kerbal space program launches…

      3 votes
  2. macleod
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    I am posting this here (even with the other topic being posted an hour ago) as this sets the time in the title (in twenty minutes!) and a direct link for anyone who wouldn't want to miss this.

    I am posting this here (even with the other topic being posted an hour ago) as this sets the time in the title (in twenty minutes!) and a direct link for anyone who wouldn't want to miss this.

    6 votes
  3. macleod
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    The broadcast starts at: T-01h00min 8:00pm CET 7:00pm UTC 2:00pm ET

    The broadcast starts at:

    • T-01h00min
    • 8:00pm CET
    • 7:00pm UTC
    • 2:00pm ET
    5 votes
  4. [3]
    joelthelion
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    First European rocket to reach orbit? Ariane anyone?

    First European rocket to reach orbit? Ariane anyone?

    3 votes
    1. [2]
      macleod
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      That launched from French Guiana, this is (eventually!) launching directly from continental Europe (Andøya Spaceport in Norway).

      Ariane

      That launched from French Guiana, this is (eventually!) launching directly from continental Europe (Andøya Spaceport in Norway).

      5 votes
      1. joelthelion
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        Thanks for the explanation! Doesn't make Ariane less European though.

        Thanks for the explanation! Doesn't make Ariane less European though.

        1 vote