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Astra plans to launch the Rocket 3.3 vehicle from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Astra expects the Part 450 license, with planned modifications, to enable higher-frequency launches from more launch sites in the United States.
NASA awarded Astra a $3,900,000 contract in December 2020 for the ELaNa 41 launch through the Venture Class Launch Services Demo 2 competition.
Astra conducted four orbital launch attempts from Kodiak Island, and the 2021-11-20 attempt was the first to reach orbit.
Astra expects to receive the FAA launch license by 2022-02-04.
Astra Space will launch four NASA-sponsored cubesats on its Rocket 3.3 vehicle as soon as 2022-02-05.
A three-hour launch window for Astra’s Rocket 3.3 mission opens at 1 p.m. Eastern on 2022-02-05.
Astra performed a static-fire test of its Rocket 3.3 vehicle from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral on 2023-01-22.
The VADR contract awarded to Astra is in addition to four launches NASA has already contracted with Astra for delivery in 2022.
Astra won a NASA contract in February 2021 for three launches of its Rocket 3 vehicle to deploy a small Earth science constellation called TROPICS.
Astra Space, Firefly Aerospace, and Relativity Space won VCLS Demo 2 contracts in 2020 for missions launching in 2023.
The VADR IDIQ contract awarded to Astra has a maximum total value of $300,000,000.
Astra projected its next launch for January 2022 from Cape Canaveral, Florida and planned to begin monthly launches by 2023.
Astra, Rocket Lab, and Virgin Orbit went public in 2021 through SPAC mergers, each raising hundreds of millions of dollars.
Astra and Virgin Orbit launched payloads into orbit in 2021 and must now demonstrate routine launch capability.
Astra Space expected to increase its launch cadence in 2022 after completing its first orbital launch in 2021.
In 2020 the Space Force selected Raytheon, General Atomics, and ASTRA Space to develop electro-optical infrared weather satellite concepts.
Astra Space will perform its next launch from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in January.
Six TROPICS cubesats are scheduled to launch in March 2022 on an Astra Space rocket.
Astra reached the milestone of delivering its first commercial payload into orbit five years after being founded in 2016.