The orbital rocket crashes after the first launch from continental Europe

The engine shivered in life around lunch, on Sunday, on Sunday, and with a guttural roar, the rocket of the 92 -feet high spectrum slowly withdrew from its launch tower, marking the first takeoff of the genus on the European continent.

The rocket, launched by Isar Aerospace from the interior of the Arctic circle during a spaceport on the Norwegian ice island of Andøya, was the first orbital flight outside Russia to leave continental Europe. About 30 seconds after the rocket cleaned the launch, it launched on the side and dropped on earth.

But Daniel Metzler, the director general of Isar Aerospace, was optimistic. He said in a statement that the test flight had “met all of our expectations, achieving great success”, despite the crash.

“We had a clean take -off, 30 seconds of flight and we were even able to validate our flight termination system,” said Metzler. The rocket fell directly into the sea, the launch was not damaged, and no one was injured when the spacecraft crashed, he added.

The Andøya Spaceport could not be attached immediately to comment. Earlier, he had published on social networks saying that “management of the crisis” had been activated following the accident and that it collaborated with the emergency services and Isar Aerospace.

The test flight was seven years in the creation of Isar Aerospace, a company based in Germany founded in 2018 with a mission to make satellite launches more accessible from Europe. European companies have progressed in space technology and research, exploring the potential of the space sector for defense, security and geopolitics.