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sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
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Publisher signals
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German rocket reaches space as Europe enters satellite launch race
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OSLO – German start-up Isar Aerospace
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Europe → reach → Aerospace
The uncrewed Spectrum rocket was the first commercial flight to reach orbit from continental Europe, where several nations have said they want a share of a growing market for space missions.
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they → reach → missions
“We’re in orbit! And just made European history,” Isar said in a post on social media platform X.
The event was a breakthrough for the European launch industry, giving the continent better access to space, Norway’s minister of industry and commerce Cecilie Myrseth said in a statement.
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minister → ’re → statement
“The fact that we can now launch satellites from Andoeya strengthens Norwegian and European security in the turbulent times we live in,” she said.
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she → launch → times
Europe seeks autonomy
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Europe → seek → autonomy
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Isar’s launch site in March, underscoring Europe’s efforts to establish greater autonomy as the global order once championed by the US is shifting under President Donald Trump.
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order → visit → Trump
Blasting off from Norway’s Arctic Andoeya Spaceport, the Spectrum, designed for small and medium-sized payloads, carried five small satellites as well as an in-flight technological experiment, according to Isar.
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Spectrum → blast → Isar
It was Isar’s second launch, coming 18 months after the firm’s first rocket plunged into the sea and exploded in a fiery spectacle shortly after take-off from the same site.
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rocket → come → site
No one was injured at the time.
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one → injure → time
The March 2025 launch was nonetheless deemed a success by the company for generating large amounts of data for its developers, it said then.
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it → deem → developers
Sept 5’s launch was intended as “both the vehicle’s qualification mission and its first flight carrying payload”, the Bavarian firm said.
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firm → intend → payload
Global players in the satellite launch market include Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which launches from the US, and French ArianeGroup, a joint venture between Airbus and Safran that uses a spaceport in South America’s French Guiana.
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that → include → Guiana
SpaceX, a firm spanning rockets, satellites and AI, in June listed on the Nasdaq exchange in a record initial public offering.
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SpaceX → span → offering
Sweden, with its Esrange launch site, and Britain with its SaxaVord Spaceport in the Scottish Shetland Islands, are the nearest rivals to the Norwegian site, all of which aim to give Europe greater autonomy in space flights.
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all → aim → flights
Isar last week said it had secured about €200 million (S$295 million) from the European Space Agency to help fund development of new rockets and expand its testing and launch infrastructure.
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it → say → infrastructure
The German company is also developing a second launch site in Canada.
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company → develop → Canada
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