On September 5, Exolaunch successfully deployed five customer satellites, on Isar's 'Onward and Upward' mission aboard a Spectrum rocket. Lift-off occurred from Andøya Space in Norway at 10:12 p.m. CET. With this historic mission, Exolaunch supported Isar Aerospace in becoming the first European commercial space company to successfully deliver satellites to orbit on just its second flight.

With the completion of 'Onward and Upward', Exolaunch has now deployed 844 satellites across 49 missions, further strengthening its position as a leading global provider of launch and deployment services and its role in advancing Europe's independent access to space.

Exolaunch provided launch campaign operations and satellite integration with the launch vehicle at Andøya Space, flight-proven EXOpod Nova cubesat deployer, and satellite deployment into its target orbit. Exolaunch manifested the following spacecraft on the 'Onward and Upward' mission:

• CyBEEsat for Technische Universität Berlin (Germany),

• TRISAT-S for University of Maribor (Slovenia),

• STS1 for Technische Universität Wien (Austria),

• Platform 6 6UXL for Endurosat (Bulgaria),

• FramSat1 for Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway).

This was the 49th mission in the company's flight heritage.

• Mission

  'Onward and Upward'

• Launch vehicle

  Spectrum

• Launch site

  Andøya Space, Norway

• Launch date

  September 5, 2026