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Isar Aerospace wins ESA contract to launch EU tech demo mission

Isar Aerospace signed an ESA contract on 1 December 2025 to launch the EU's SYNDEO-3 in orbit demonstration mission, carrying ten European payloads, on its Spectrum rocket no earlier than the fourth quarter of 2026.

Reported Editor-read European Spaceflight, 2 December 2025

What it does not test. Does not confirm the contract's value or that the Spectrum rocket has yet flown this mission.

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 2026-10-07. How the record is made

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