Spaceflight 🚀<p>Starting in 📆 2025, at least two <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> 🇪🇺 launch startups (<a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IsarAerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsarAerospace</span></a> and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RocketFactory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketFactory</span></a> Augsburg) expect to offer more choices for both institutional and commercial customers. The field will continue to widen toward the close of the decade, with <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/MaiaSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaiaSpace</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Latitude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latitude</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/HyImpulse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HyImpulse</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/HyPrSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HyPrSpace</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Orbex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orbex</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/PLDSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PLDSpace</span></a>, and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Skyrora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skyrora</span></a> all working toward an inaugural flight of their respective vehicles. <a href="https://europeanspaceflight.com/arianegroup-already-working-to-secure-iris2-launch-contract" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">europeanspaceflight.com/ariane</span><span class="invisible">group-already-working-to-secure-iris2-launch-contract</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Arianespace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arianespace</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IRIS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRIS2</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceCompany</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a></p>