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Astra is developing and qualifying an upgraded derivative of a previously qualified engine for Rocket 4’s first-stage application.
Astra designed Launch System 2 with a target to scale to a weekly launch cadence.
Astra raised almost $500,000,000 through its July 2021 public listing.
Astra Space reached an agreement with Astroscale to provide Astra Spacecraft Engines for the ELSA-M spacecraft platform.
SES launched its first satellite, ASTRA 1A, in 1989 for video distribution at the 19.2 degrees East orbital position.
The number of Astra’s cumulative committed orders is measured from 2021-07-01, the date Astra acquired Apollo Fusion, Inc. by merger.
Astra’s cumulative committed orders total includes 14 units that were in Apollo Fusion’s backlog on 2021-07-01.
Astra has more than doubled its backlog in Astra Spacecraft Engines™ since 2022-06-30 of 2022.
Apollo Fusion thrusters did not have space heritage at the time Astra acquired Apollo Fusion in 2021.
The agreement between Astra and Astroscale expands Astra’s customer base to Europe.
Astra Space, Inc. reached an agreement with Astroscale Holdings Inc to provide Astra Spacecraft Engines for Astroscale’s ELSA-M space sustainability spacecraft platform on 2022-10-13.
Astra acquired Apollo Fusion and its electric propulsion technology in 2021.
Astra Space received a NASDAQ warning on 2022-10-06 because its share price had been below $1 for 30 consecutive days.
Astra has launched four rockets, two of which successfully delivered a total of 23 satellites to orbit.
Astra went public through a SPAC merger in mid-2021 and received a Nasdaq delisting warning on 2022-10-07 because its shares had traded below $1 for more than 30 days.
Astra Space, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASTR) reached an agreement with Maxar Technologies (TSX: MAXR) on 2022-10-11 to supply Astra Spacecraft Engines.
Astra Space, Inc. provides space products and launch services to the global space industry.
On 2022-09-28, Astra narrowed the cause of the 2022-06-12 Rocket 3.3 launch failure to an issue with the upper stage engine that shut down early after consuming fuel at a higher rate than planned.
NASA and Astra agreed on 2022-09-28 to modify the original TROPICS launch contract so the contract will be used for the launch of comparable scientific payloads on Rocket 4.
Using Rocket 4 to launch 3U TROPICS cubesats would have been a poor fit and would have required NASA to wait until perhaps 2024 given Astra’s projected Rocket 4 development schedule.