How does Isar Aerospace fit in with other smaller rocket launchers?
I'd imagine they are well behind, say, RKLB, but how far are they from commercial launches?
Edit after some digging, some background info:
Vehicle | Height | Diameter | Payload to LEO
-----------+--------+----------+----------------
Electron | 18 m | 1.8 m | 300 kg
Isar | 28 m | 2.0 m | 1000 kg
Neutron * | 43 m | 7.0 m | 13000 kg
Falcon 9 | 70 m | 3.7 m | 23000 kg
* in the works
To Rocket Lab's defense, they do quite a bit more than just launching Electrons and chipping at the Neutron.
How does Isar Aerospace fit in with other smaller rocket launchers?
I'd imagine they are well behind, say, RKLB, but how far are they from commercial launches?
Edit after some digging, some background info:
To Rocket Lab's defense, they do quite a bit more than just launching Electrons and chipping at the Neutron.This second launch included some payloads - cube sats.
Some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49580369
As a person involved in the operations side of this campaign. HOLY SHIT we did it!
Well done!
Congrats! Do you have an EU flag on the wall like the US space companies have an US flag?
What an odd question to ask.
With a pretty good sized rocket as well. 4x Rocket Lab’s Electron payload and 4x to 9x smaller than Falcon 9.
We made history man. Such a good feeling