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# Isar Aerospace wins launch contract from Astroscale's UK subsidiary
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-03-16-isar-aerospace-astroscale-launch-contract/
- Published: 2026-03-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T10:50:58.000Z
- Description: German launch firm Isar Aerospace signed a launch services agreement with Astroscale's UK arm to fly its ELSA-M debris-removal spacecraft from Andoya Space in Norway aboard Isar's Spectrum rocket, targeted for 2028; contract value undisclosed.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #verified

Verified [Isar Aerospace press release, 16 March 2026](https://isaraerospace.com/press/isar-aerospace-secures-first-active-debris-removal-mission-with-astroscale?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that the launch has occurred or that Spectrum has flown this mission.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Already-European Isar wins launch deal for Japanese-owned payload; unflown. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)