On March 30 at 1:30 PM (MSK), the company Isar Aerospace conducted a test orbital launch of the Spectrum rocket from the starting pad of the Andoya space center in Northern Norway. This was the first orbital launch of a spacecraft from continental Europe. The rocket took off successfully, but on the 30th second of its flight, it fell to the ground and exploded. "What a flight! Today during the first launch we achieved a clean start, 30 seconds of flight, and importantly, did not destroy the starting pad" — Daniel Metzler, CEO of Isar Aerospace.