Hi Sobs,
when you start with the first mission, does a timer (top center of screen) also start? on my platform, it says splendid after flying through the first ring. the next is directly ahead, a little bit above. after that you get pointers to subsequent rings. after you have flown through all the rings, it will say mission accomplished. if you fail to do so before timer runs out, it will say 'mission failed, try again?'.
only after getting the first mission accomplished message on mission 1 will mission 2 become available. complete the objective of each mission to unlock subsequent missions.
let me know if any questions.
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