Fisherman scuppers Spectrum rocket test in Norway

The second test flight of German start-up Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket has been called off moments before lift-off at Norway’s Andoya spaceport due to a Norwegian fisherman. The company said the launch was “aborted during autosequence” after “a hold in countdown due to a range violation of the danger area by an unauthorised boat”. It said the countdown reset exceeded the launch window. The fisherman, Olafur Einarsson, admitted in the newspaper Coast and Fjord newspaper on Thursday that he failed to leave the maritime safety zone around the Andoya Space Centre in time. Munich-based Isar Aerospace, founded in 2018, is…