Astron Systems is a UK-based company focused on lowering the barriers to commercial spaceflight. They are developing fully reusable small rockets, like the Aurora launch vehicle, to provide affordable, responsive, and sustainable launch services for small satellites. The company has partnered with organizations like Techstars Space (in collaboration with NASA JPL and the US Space Force), the European Space Agency, and the UK Space Agency. Astron Systems aims to support the growing in-orbit economy and in-space manufacturing markets.
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Astron Systems is a UK-based launch startup working on cheap, reusable, small-lift rockets.
Astron Systems has received $650,000 (€555,600) in funding from private UK investors, UK and ESA grants, and the Techstars Space Accelerator.
Astron Systems' manifest is nearly completely booked through the end of the decade, despite being years away from building its first rocket.
Astron Systems, Skyrora, Orbex, and PLD Space have begun booking flights ahead of reaching orbit.
Astron Systems has raised more than $600,000 to date from private investment, grants from Innovate UK and ESA, and backing from Techstars Space.
The European Space Agency Business Incubator Centre United Kingdom supported Astron Systems’ early hardware development.
The Netherlands-China Low-Frequency Explorer was developed by Radboud University, ASTRON, and ISISpace with support from the Netherlands Space Office.