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ESA awards first Flight Ticket Initiative launch contracts to Isar, Avio

ESA and the European Commission awarded the first Flight Ticket Initiative launch contracts to Isar Aerospace and Avio, worth up to EUR 5 million per flight, covering five missions on Spectrum and Vega C from 2026.

Verified Editor-read Isar Aerospace press release, 27 August 2025

What it does not test. It does not establish the launches' actual dates or whether the missions succeed once flown.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-16. How the record is made

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