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Astron Systems

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United Kingdom
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Timothy Shimwell is the first author of the LoTSS-DR3 study and is a researcher at ASTRON and Leiden University.

Mentioned as: astronNarrative GeneralFeb 19, 2026Nuovi dati LoTSS-DR3 estendono la mappa radio del cielo

LOFAR originated from an ASTRON project and is now organized as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC).

Mentioned as: ASTRONOrg RelationshipFeb 19, 2026Nuovi dati LoTSS-DR3 estendono la mappa radio del cielo

Astron Stone has compatible rocket AS-1.

Mentioned as: Astron SystemsNarrative GeneralJan 14, 2026Compatible rockets list of WCLC. CALT:CZ-10B SAST: CZ-12 / 12A CCR:CZ-12B CASIC:KZ-6 iSpace:HB-3 / 3B Cas Space: LJ-2 Space Pionner:TL-3 Land Space:ZQ-2/3 Sepoch:XYZ-2 Fancy Space: HY-1 Astron Stone:AS-1 via

El Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) intensificó su colaboración científica con el proyecto astronómico internacional 4MOST, un espectrógrafo de campo amplio operando en el telescopio Vista del Observatorio Europeo Austral en Chile.

Mentioned as: Astron SystemsNarrative GeneralJan 5, 2026El Centro de Astrobiología participa en la primera luz del telescopio 4MOST

Astron plans to test Aurora's tactical launch capability with Shield Space.

Mentioned as: Astron SystemsNarrative GeneralOct 17, 2025Astron Systems’ Launches Are Booked Through 2030

Astron was founded in 2021 by aerospace propulsion engineers Eddie Brown, Kieran Jones-Tett, and Rafal Sokolowski.

Mentioned as: Astron SystemsNarrative GeneralOct 17, 2025Astron Systems’ Launches Are Booked Through 2030

Astron Systems, Skyrora, Orbex, and PLD Space have begun booking flights ahead of reaching orbit.

Mentioned as: Astron SystemsOrg RelationshipOct 17, 2025Astron Systems’ Launches Are Booked Through 2030

Astron Systems is a UK-based launch startup working on cheap, reusable, small-lift rockets.

Mentioned as: Astron SystemsTechnical ProductOct 17, 2025Astron Systems’ Launches Are Booked Through 2030

Astron put in a bid for the European Launcher Challenge (ELC) and received broadly positive feedback from ESA regarding its commercial potential.

Mentioned as: AstronOrg RelationshipOct 17, 2025Astron Systems’ Launches Are Booked Through 2030

Astron’s manifest includes four commercial flights between 2028 and 2030, totaling a few hundred kilos of available payload capacity.

Mentioned as: Astron SystemsNarrative GeneralOct 17, 2025Astron Systems’ Launches Are Booked Through 2030

Astron Systems' manifest is nearly completely booked through the end of the decade, despite being years away from building its first rocket.

Mentioned as: Astron SystemsNarrative GeneralOct 17, 2025Astron Systems’ Launches Are Booked Through 2030

Astron Systems has received $650,000 (€555,600) in funding from private UK investors, UK and ESA grants, and the Techstars Space Accelerator.

Mentioned as: astron systemsTechnical ProductOct 17, 2025Astron Systems’ Launches Are Booked Through 2030

Astron will continue building its launch vehicle with hopes that private capital can facilitate further ESA grants.

Mentioned as: AstronOrg RelationshipOct 17, 2025Astron Systems’ Launches Are Booked Through 2030

Astron aims to drastically reduce the cost to orbit using a reusable small-lift launch vehicle called Aurora.

Mentioned as: Astron SystemsNarrative GeneralOct 17, 2025Astron Systems’ Launches Are Booked Through 2030

Astron intends to bring back up to 100 kg of payload from orbit with Aurora.

Mentioned as: Astron SystemsNarrative GeneralOct 17, 2025Astron Systems’ Launches Are Booked Through 2030

Astron was unable to meet the 2027 demonstration timeline required by the ELC.

Mentioned as: Astron SystemsNarrative GeneralOct 17, 2025Astron Systems’ Launches Are Booked Through 2030

El acuerdo garantiza la preservación y accesibilidad de la información astronómica generada por el telescopio.

Mentioned as: Astron SystemsNarrative GeneralSep 5, 2025El INTA y el Gran Telescopio de Canarias renuevan el archivo de datos científicos

The European Space Agency Business Incubator Centre United Kingdom supported Astron Systems’ early hardware development.

Mentioned as: Astron SystemsTechnical ProductOct 29, 2024Astron Systems focuses on reusuable two-stage rocket

Astron Systems has raised more than $600,000 to date from private investment, grants from Innovate UK and ESA, and backing from Techstars Space.

Mentioned as: astron systemsTechnical ProductOct 29, 2024Astron Systems focuses on reusuable two-stage rocket

Albert-Jan Boonstra from ASTRON remarked that the deployment of the antennas is a unique technology demonstrator for future radio-astronomy instruments in space.

Mentioned as: Astron SystemsNarrative GeneralNov 26, 2019Dutch antennas deployed behind the moon
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