Germany has three launch firms, an offshore spaceport that never sailed, and the only orbit a private European company has reached.
0
orbital launches from this country in 2026, to 2 October
1
orbits reached by its launch firms, ever
€137m
public money to its launch firms, not counting contracts for future launches
3
launch firms we cover
Checked 7 October 2026
Launch firms
Isar Aerospace
- Status
- has reached orbit
- Public money
- €67.0m, plus €198m in a Launcher Challenge contract for future launches
- Private money
- €855m
- Promised
- a first flight to orbit in late 2021, said on 10 December 2019
- Delivered
- first orbit on 5 September 2026, from Andøya in Norway
Rocket Factory Augsburg
- Status
- no orbital flight
- Public money
- €34.6m, plus €187m in a Launcher Challenge contract for future launches
- Private money
- €90.0m
- Promised
- a first flight to orbit by the end of 2021, said on 30 August 2019
- Delivered
- no flight, and no date stands
HyImpulse
- Status
- no orbital flight
- Public money
- €35.0m
- Private money
- €65.0m
- Promised
- a first flight to orbit in 2024, said in July 2022
- Delivered
- SR75 flew suborbital on 1 May 2024; the orbital target is now 2027
Launch sites
No orbital launch site on German soil. GOSA’s ship-borne platform never launched anything and the company was wound up in 2025.
German Offshore Spaceport Alliance
- What happened
- Promised launches in 2023, then April 2024, then regular launches from 2026. The platform never sailed and GOSA was wound up in 2025. OHB’s European Spaceport Company said in November 2025 that a first launch would come in 12 to 18 months.
German launch firms have had €137m of public money, with €385m more in Launcher Challenge contracts for future launches. One orbit has come of it, and it was flown from a Norwegian island.
Money from company accounts, public registers and ESA contracts; promises from the statements on our company and spaceport pages; launch counts from Jonathan McDowell’s launch log of 7 October 2026. Every figure is on the page it comes from.