There are no customer satellites aboard the first Spectrum test flight. The rocket will climb into a polar orbit from Andøya ...

Such projects always hold the potential for entertainingly ... [Zach Hipps] assessment of his remote-controlled soda bottle rocket launcher as “overengineered”. To us, it seems just right.

"We could not have dreamed of a better scenario, that was a perfect launch," said David Cavailloles, head of Arianespace, operator of the rocket launcher. "A new era now opens for France's ...