Isar's orbital milestone ushers Europe's private spaceflight era

Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket achieved Europe’s first fully commercial orbital launch, signaling a private-led shift in the continent’s spaceflight ambitions; the Rocket Report also notes a mysterious Ravn X sighting and skepticism about that project, and rounds up other space news including UK spaceport funding, Firefly–Esrange launches, Vega-C cadence ambitions, Nyx on Ariane 6, The Exploration Company’s Storm engine, and NASA’s Terran R ramp with Relativity Space.