WELL DONE: German startup makes European space history with first successful orbital launch.

A German startup successfully sent a rocket into orbit, marking a major milestone for Europe’s push to develop its own commercial space-launch industry.

The 28-meter rocket lifted off from Isar Aerospace’s launch complex in Norway on Saturday night, carrying a payload of five small satellites, in the first successful commercial orbital launch from continental European soil.

“We’re in orbit! And just made European history: This is the first time a privately developed rocket reached orbit from continental Europe,” the company said on X.

More lift is good.