“Spectrum” allows large satellites to enter the space channel flexibly
Recently, a German startup “ Isar Aerospace “has raised $ 17 million in a Series A round of financing, led by Airbus Ventures and Earlybird Venture Capital, and co-invested by Vito Ventures, UVC Partners, and Apeiron Investment Group.
Isar Aerospace CEO Daniel Metzler said that through this round of financing, “Isar Aerospace” can make substantial progress in developing sustainable and environmentally friendly launch vehicles and further make space accessible to everyone Vision.
Daniel Metzler and other co-founders of “Isar Aerospace” Josef Fleischmann and Markus Brandl both studied at the Technical University of Munich and have a background in aeronautical engineering.
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Munich-based “Isar Aerospace” is developing “Spectrum”, a two-phase liquid fuel rocket specifically designed for satellite constellation deployment. “Spectrum” has a very strong load capacity and can launch 1,000 kilograms of rockets into low earth orbit. It has a multi-ignition secondary engine that allows large satellites the flexibility to enter space channels.
One of the consultants and investors of “Isar Aerospace” is Bulent Altan, who was the chief executive officer of German laser communications startup “Mynaric” and worked at “SpaceX” from 2004 to 2014. In 2016, he returned to China to work for two years and worked on the “StarX” broadband constellation of “SpaceX”.
Similar to “Falcon 9” of “SpaceX”, “Spectrum” also includes nine first-stage engines and one vacuum-optimized two-stage engine.
Daniel Metzler states that “Isar Aerospace” recognizes the “Falcon 9” engine because of its high reliability. The same is true for the “Spectrum”. Even if the first-stage engine fails during flight, the second-stage engine can fire five times to throw the satellites in the correct position.
Bulent Altan invested millions of euros in the seed round of “Isar Aerospace” last year. He said that this startup is different. “Isar Aerospace” has reliable engineering technology and is targeting the right market segment .
Daniel Metzler says that unlike other launchers, the Spectrum will be lightweight and have extremely high combustion pressures. The goal of Isar Aerospace is to set the launch price below 15,000 Euros per kilogram.
Isar Aerospace is developing Spectrum as fast as possible, and it is expected to be released for the first time in the second half of 2021 .