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LAUNCH SYSTEM 2 UPDATE
Since Astra’s founding in 2016 we’ve been on a mission to Improve Life on Earth from Space® by delivering customer payloads to orbit through frequent and reliable dedicated launches as economically as...
Read MoreTROPICS MISSION REPRESENTS A BREAKTHROUGH IN TROPICAL STORM OBSERVATION
On June, 10th, 2022 Astra received its launch license for the TROPICS-1 launch, the first of three launches that Astra plans to perform for NASA’s TROPICS program. The launch window opens at 12pm ET /...
Read MoreASTRA LOOKS TO EXPAND LAUNCH CAPACITY WITH SAXAVORD UK SPACEPORT
Astra Space, Inc. (“Astra”) (Nasdaq: ASTR) and SaxaVord UK Spaceport announced on May 10th, 2022 that they are partnering to increase access to space, by providing dedicated orbital launch services to...
Read MoreASTRA ANNOUNCES ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM CONTRACT WITH LEOSTELLA
ALAMEDA, CA – April 12, 2022. Astra Space, Inc. (“Astra”) (Nasdaq: ASTR) and LeoStella LLC (“LeoStella”) today announced a contract for Astra to provide multiple Astra Spacecraft Engines for LeoStella...
Read MorePOST-LAUNCH INVESTIGATION: WHAT WE FOUND AND NEXT STEPS
On February 10, 2022, we launched Launch Vehicle 0008 (LV0008). This was our first launch with a deployable customer payload and our first time launching from Cape Canaveral. After a nominal first sta...
Read MorePOST-LAUNCH INVESTIGATION: WHAT WE’RE DOING
Earlier this month, we launched for the first time out of Cape Canaveral. While this mission represented historic firsts for Astra, we experienced an anomaly during flight and were unable to deliver t...
Read MoreASTRA AWARDED VADR CONTRACT BY NASA
Alameda, CA. January 27, 2022. Astra Space, Inc. (“Astra”) (Nasdaq: ASTR), today announced the award of the Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) Launch Services Indefinite Deliv...
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