Isar Aerospace
Funding History
| Series A · 04/2020 | $17M |
|---|---|
| Series C · 03/2023 | $165M |
Overview
Isar Aerospace is a German aerospace company developing liquid-fueled orbital launch vehicles, founded in March 2018 in Ottobrunn, Germany, near Munich, by Daniel Metzler, Markus Brandl, and Josef Peter Fleischmann. The company's name references the Isar river that flows through Munich.
The company's primary product is Spectrum, a two-stage small launch vehicle designed to carry small and medium-sized satellites to low Earth orbit, with a payload capacity of up to 1,000 kilograms. Isar Aerospace says it manufactures roughly 80% of Spectrum's components in-house, using additive manufacturing and carbon composite materials, and positions itself as a fully privately funded European launch provider.
Isar Aerospace operates from Andoya Spaceport in Norway under a 20-year launch pad lease and has signed launch and partnership agreements with organizations including Astroscale, Exotrail, the French space agency CNES, Maritime Launch Services, and Planet. The company employs more than 400 people from nearly 50 nations and describes itself as operating in five countries.
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