Germany Explores Military Launchpad

Metzler and Pistorius

Isar Aerospace CEO Daniel Metzler and German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius speak during the minister's Isar visit.

Credit: German Federal Ministry of Defense
Germany is exploring the establishment of a military launch site to prevent defense space missions from being delayed by competing commercial demand, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said. “We need space launch capacity,” Pistorius said July 23 during a visit to rocket startup Isar Aerospace. Isar...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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