Germany

Emerging space power

Germany is one of Europe's biggest space-spending countries, yet for decades German payloads flew on other countries' rockets. In September 2026, the Spectrum rocket from Isar Aerospace reached orbit on its second flight, from Norway, and Rocket Factory Augsburg and a few other startups are following.

We track every launch from Germany.

Programme since 2025
2025 first launch Isar Aerospace leading provider
launcheshome and abroad
2
upcomingnone with a date yet
9
success
50%

Fleet overview

3 rockets in Germany's fleet

Spectrum
Isar Aerospace
24

Launch activity

Past launches and what's coming up

  1. Mar 30 202510:30 UTC
    Mar 30 2025
    10:30 UTC
    Isar Aerospace Failed
  2. Sep 05 202620:12 UTC
    Sep 05 2026
    20:12 UTC
    Isar Aerospace Success
  3. Now Oct 20 · 2026
  4. Upcoming

  5. Q4 2026
    Q4 2026
    RFA
  6. 2026
    2026
    Isar Aerospace
  7. 2026
    2026
    Isar Aerospace
  8. 2027
    2027
    RFA
  9. 2027
    2027
    RFA

Launch providers

3 providers launching from Germany

Every launch from Germany has been by Isar Aerospace, all on the Spectrum. The provider has flown 2 launches.

Isar Aerospace

in 2026
1
past launches
2
upcoming
4
2021: 0 launches2022: 0 launches2023: 0 launches2024: 0 launches2025: 1 launch2026: 1 launchEmerging peak 1 · 2025
Operates Spectrum next in ~2mo

RFA

upcoming
4
2021: 0 launches2022: 0 launches2023: 0 launches2024: 0 launches2025: 0 launches2026: 0 launchesEmerging
Operates RFA One (in development) next in ~2mo

HyImpulse

upcoming
1
2021: 0 launches2022: 0 launches2023: 0 launches2024: 0 launches2025: 0 launches2026: 0 launchesEmerging
Operates SL1 (in development) next in Dec 2027