Isar Aerospace launch into orbit [video]

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• huhtenberg 35 minutes ago
  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:

     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.
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  • NetMageSCW 33 minutes ago
    This second launch included some payloads - cube sats.
• westpfelia 42 minutes ago
  As a person involved in the operations side of this campaign. HOLY SHIT we did it!
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  • NetMageSCW 29 minutes ago
    With a pretty good sized rocket as well. 4x Rocket Lab’s Electron payload and 4x to 9x smaller than Falcon 9.
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    • westpfelia 12 minutes ago
      We made history man. Such a good feeling