MediaFaro News Digest<p>Spectrum, the first orbital rocket launched from continental Europe, crashed seconds after blast-off.</p><p>The Spectrum rocket, developed by German start-up Isar Aerospace, crashed seconds after blast-off from Andoya Spaceport in Nordmela, on Andøya island, Norway. The two-stage rocket fell into the sea</p><p>Before this launch, Isar Aerospace had stated that it had little hope of reaching orbit on its first attempt.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250330-spectrum-the-first-orbital-rocket-launched-from-continental-europe-crashed-seconds-after-blast-off?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250330</span><span class="invisible">-spectrum-the-first-orbital-rocket-launched-from-continental-europe-crashed-seconds-after-blast-off?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/IsarAerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsarAerospace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Spectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spectrum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Launch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Launch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a></p>