Wallops in Virginia and Kodiak in Alaska are state-run launch sites.
The strategic locations include airports and launch facilities in Kodiak, Anchorage, Fairbanks, and the Aleutians.
ABL Space Systems lost its second RS1 rocket in a fire after a static-fire test at the Pacific Spaceport Complex–Alaska on Kodiak Island on 2023-07-19.
Kodiak's autonomous trucks can operate for six days straight without needing rest or recalibration.
Kodiak and Forward Air operate autonomous freight service 24 hours per day, six days per week (24/6), making three round trips weekly.
Kodiak uses a sparse mapping solution that allows for real-time, fleet-wide mapping updates over-the-air.
Kodiak completed a round trip consisting of four commercial deliveries to launch its partnership with 10 Roads Express.
Kodiak expanded its autonomous freight service to Florida with 10 Roads Express.
ABL Space Systems performed a static-fire test of the first stage of its RS1 rocket on 2022-07-09 at the Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska on Kodiak Island.
ABL Space Systems had planned RS1’s first launch from Kodiak Island in Alaska in early 2022 but now aims to debut the rocket in 2022-06-05.
ABL Space Systems shipped the tested RS1 second stage to its launch site in Kodiak, Alaska.
Astra delivered 22 satellites to a circular sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) from the Astra Spaceport in Kodiak, Alaska on 2022-03-15.
By the time Astra launched LV0008, LV0009 had already shipped to Kodiak, Alaska.
Astra’s Rocket 3.3 launched from Kodiak Island, Alaska on 2022-03-15 and placed 16 Swarm satellites into orbit.
The first launch under the Astra–Spaceflight contract was planned for 2022-03-14 with a launch window opening at 9:22 a.m. PDT / 16:22 UTC from the Astra Spaceport in Kodiak, Alaska.
Astra received a Federal Aviation Administration license on 2022-03-14 for a launch from Pacific Spaceport Complex–Alaska on Kodiak Island.
Astra’s announcement of the LV0009 launch was the first official confirmation that the company planned to launch from Kodiak.
Astra conducted its first four orbital launches from Pacific Spaceport Complex–Alaska on Kodiak Island before conducting the 2022-02-10 launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a NOTAM restricting airspace downrange from Pacific Spaceport Complex–Alaska on Kodiak Island from 2022-03-13 to 2022-03-15 for space operations.
Astra’s first three launches from Pacific Spaceport Complex–Alaska on Kodiak Island failed to reach orbit between September 2020 and August 2021.