Europe now has sovereign access to space.

In a launch today (September 5, 2026) at Andøya Space in Norway, Isar Aerospace became the first commercial space company from Europe to successfully deliver satellites into orbit, on what was only its second flight

https://isaraerospace.com/press/history-for-european-spaceflight-isar-aerospace-reaches-orbit-and-deploys-payloads-on-second-flight