Rocket 3.3

Astra will continue producing the Rocket 3.3 configuration at scale with only minor enhancements while ramping up production.

The first two TROPICS cubesats were lost in a Rocket 3.3 launch failure on 2022-06-12.

The Federal Aviation Administration formally concluded its investigation into Astra’s 2022-06-01 Rocket 3.3 launch on 2023-03-01.

Astra performed a static-fire test of its Rocket 3.3 vehicle from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral on 2023-01-22.

Astra Space will launch four NASA-sponsored cubesats on its Rocket 3.3 vehicle as soon as 2022-02-05.

Astra plans to launch the Rocket 3.3 vehicle from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Astra launched a 43-foot (13-meter) Rocket 3.3 from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 46.

Astra was ready on 2022-06-08 to launch two TROPICS cubesats on its Rocket 3.3 vehicle from Cape Canaveral on 2022-06-12.

The TROPICS launch on Rocket 3.3 is the first of three launches under a NASA contract awarded in February 2021 valued at $7,950,000.

Astra retired the Rocket 3.3 vehicle in August to focus on the larger Rocket 4, which will not enter service before late 2023.

NASA originally awarded a $7,950,000 contract to Astra to launch six TROPICS satellites on three Rocket 3.3 vehicles.

Astra accelerated development of Rocket 4 in August 2022 when the company retired the smaller Rocket 3.3 vehicle after its latest failure.

NASA awarded Astra a contract valued at about $8,000,000 to launch TROPICS on three Rocket 3.3 vehicles.

Astra discontinued development of Rocket 3.3 after Rocket 3.3 failed to deploy two NASA TROPICS satellites in June 2022.