🧭 Cask's Field Notes · Sep 6, 2026
Europe's First Home-Soil Orbit Belongs to a Startup, Not a Space Agency
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum reached orbit from Norway — the first rocket ever to do so from Western European soil. The engineering is impressive, but the argument over what 'European soil' even means is half the story.
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