Emerging

Germany

Emerging space power

Germany is one of Europe's biggest space-spending countries but has never flown its own orbital rocket — every German payload has hitched a ride on someone else's vehicle. Isar Aerospace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, and a few other startups are racing to change that.

Programmesince 2025
2025·first launchIsar Aerospace·leading provider
launch, home and abroad
1
launch
upcoming
8
upcoming
success
0%
success

Fleet Overview

3 rockets in Germany's fleet

Spectrum
Isar Aerospace
14

Launch Activity

Past launches and what's coming upView 2026 launches →

  1. Mar 30202510:30UTC
    Mar 302025
    10:30UTC
    Isar AerospaceFailed
  2. NowMay 31 · 2026
  3. Upcoming

  4. Jun2026
    Jun2026
    Isar AerospaceNext
  5. Q22026
    Q22026
    Isar Aerospace
  6. 2026
    2026
    HyImpulse
  7. 2026
    2026
    Isar Aerospace

Launch Providers

3 providers launching from Germany

Every launch from Germany has been by Isar Aerospace, all on the Spectrum. The provider has flown 1 launch.

Isar Aerospace

Past launches
1
past launches
Upcoming launches
4
upcoming
2021: 0 launches2022: 0 launches2023: 0 launches2024: 0 launches2025: 1 launch2026: 0 launchesEmergingpeak 1 · 2025
Operates Spectrumnext in ~1mo

RFA

Upcoming launches
3
upcoming
2021: 0 launches2022: 0 launches2023: 0 launches2024: 0 launches2025: 0 launches2026: 0 launchesEmerging
Operates RFA One (in development)next in ~7mo

HyImpulse

Upcoming launches
1
upcoming
2021: 0 launches2022: 0 launches2023: 0 launches2024: 0 launches2025: 0 launches2026: 0 launchesEmerging
Operates SL1 (in development)next in ~7mo

Full Launch History

2026
Reentry capsule
GermanyHyImpulseSL1
2026
ION SCV
GermanyIsar AerospaceSpectrum
2026
MSAE-OTTERS
GermanyIsar AerospaceSpectrum
2026
E. T. PACK
GermanyRFARFA One
2026
Harmony 1
GermanyRFARFA One
2026
SUPREME
GermanyRFARFA One
June 2026
Spectrum "Onward and Upward"
GermanyIsar AerospaceSpectrum
2026 Q2
Greenbox 1-2
GermanyIsar AerospaceSpectrum
Mar 30, 2025Failure
Spectrum "Going Full Spectrum"
GermanyIsar AerospaceSpectrum