# German startup notches Europe's first successful private orbital launch

https://mins.news/en/item/48142

- France 24, 2026-09-07 09:32 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20260907-german-startup-notches-europe-s-first-successful-private-orbital-launch

> German startup Isar Aerospace has become the first company to successfully carry out a private orbital space launch. The programme also highlights a major electoral victory for Germany’s far-right AfD, partly propelled by the country’s structural economic crisis and fiscal policies.

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