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Astra had a $7,950,000 contract awarded in February 2021 for three launches of its Rocket 3.3 vehicle, each carrying two TROPICS cubesats.
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.
Astra offers a 1,450-watt version of the Astra Spacecraft Engine that produces up to 1.5 meganewton-seconds of total impulse.
Astra offers a 400-watt version of the Astra Spacecraft Engine that produces up to 300 kilonewton-seconds of total impulse.
Astra delivered its first commercial launch to low Earth orbit in 2021.
Astra Space won a contract from Airbus OneWeb Satellites on 2022-08-29 to provide electric propulsion systems for the Arrow line of small satellites.
Astra Space, Inc. has been selected by Airbus OneWeb Satellites, LLC to supply the Astra Spacecraft Engine™ for integration into the Arrow commercial smallsats manufactured by Airbus OneWeb Satellites.
Astra reached its first commercial launch to low Earth orbit five years after the company was founded in 2016.
Astra acquired Apollo Fusion in 2021.
On 2022-08-29, Astra was selected by Airbus OneWeb Satellites, LLC to supply the Astra Spacecraft Engine for integration into the portfolio of Arrow commercial small satellites manufactured by Airbus OneWeb Satellites.
Each Astra propulsion module can be configured with multiple thrusters and various tank sizes to support missions including LEO raising, MEO raising, GEO raising, station keeping, cis-lunar transfers, and de-orbiting.
Astra’s first Spacecraft Engine reached orbit on 2021-06-30 aboard Spaceflight’s Sherpa-LTE on the Sherpa-LTE1 SXRS-5 mission.
Astra’s electric propulsion system on Sherpa-LTE1 ignited on its first attempt on 2021-08-20.
The Astra Spacecraft Engine is designed for standard operation at 400 watts but was operated at 340 watts for five-minute thrust durations on Sherpa-LTE1.
Orion Space Solutions (formerly Astra) provided the Chip Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC) hardware necessary for CAPSTONE’s 1-way ranging experiment.
Astra’s Rocket 3.3 is listed among the operational small launch vehicles but Astra discontinued Rocket 3.3 on 2022-08-04 to focus on developing Rocket 4.
Astra’s Launch System 2.0 includes Rocket 4 and its ground systems and has a designed low Earth orbit payload capacity of up to 600 kg.
Astra canceled all remaining Rocket 3.3 launches on 2022-08-04 to focus on development and operations of the larger Rocket 4.
NASA is investigating alternative ways to launch four TROPICS Earth science cubesats after Astra discontinued the Rocket 3.3 vehicle originally contracted to launch them.
Four remaining TROPICS cubesats were scheduled to launch on two Astra Rocket 3.3 vehicles under the original contract.