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The launch of Astra HD+ could restore access to HD channels for many viewers in Spain, particularly in rural areas or regions with limited fiber or internet coverage.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched Astra 1P on 2024-06-20 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Astra 1P provides enhanced capability to deliver premium content with improved reliability and image quality to 118 million TV households.
Astra 1P has been brought into service over Europe and is serving 118 million TV households.
ESA's Zero Debris Charter and the UK's Astra Carta aim to encourage sustainable practices in space.
Astra plans to raise about $50,000,000 in a new funding round in addition to the DIU contract.
Astra is targeting an average price of about $10,000,000 per Rocket 4 launch for government customers and $5,000,000 to $6,000,000 per launch for commercial customers.
Astra’s smaller Rocket 3 experienced two failures in four operational launches in 2021 and 2022 and was discontinued after a final failure in June 2022.
Astra has an $11,500,000 contract from the Department of Defense’s Space Test Program for Rocket 4 awarded in April 2023.
The DIU contract will fund work on industrialization of Astra’s production facilities and other aspects of Rocket 4 development.
Astra won a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit worth up to $44,000,000 to support development of its Rocket 4 launch vehicle.
Astra completed a deal to go private in July led by Chris Kemp and co-founder Adam London.
Astra delivered 22 satellites to orbit in March 2022.
The DIU contract supports advancing and scaling production capabilities of Astra’s tactical launch system to achieve the prototype objective of launching Rocket 4 to orbit or suborbit from the United States, Australia, or other locations.
Astra intends to design and manufacture all of its rockets at its campus in Alameda, California in a 250,000-square-foot manufacturing and testing facility.
The Defense Innovation Unit awarded Astra a contract with a ceiling of up to $44,000,000 to support development of Astra’s tactically responsive launch system.
Astra delivered its first commercial launch to low Earth orbit in 2021.
Astra is the first packaged solution with a software-defined outdoor receiver that provides access to A-PNT broadcast service.
Astra enhances resilient communications capabilities for critical missions.
Astra identifies the best source of PNT and produces an output signal compatible with the standard GPS L1 interface.