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On 2021-08-09, the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Rocket Systems Launch Program Office at Kirtland Air Force Base added ABL Space Systems, Astra Space, and Relativity Space to the OSP-4 vendor pool.
Under a Defense Innovation Unit contract, Astra Space plans to launch a test payload for the U.S. Space Force on its next attempt to reach orbit in August.
Astra Space’s inclusion in the OSP-4 contract preserves, stimulates, and enhances the small launch industrial base and provides the U.S. Space Force with a more diverse vendor pool.
The Rocket Systems Launch Program Office awarded the first on-ramp additions to the Orbital Services Program-4 Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract to ABL Space Systems Corp., Astra Space, Inc., and Relativity Space, Inc.
Astra is under contract to perform a second launch later in 2021 following the first commercial orbital launch with the United States Space Force.
The launch window for Astra’s STP-27AD1 mission will begin at 1:00 p.m. PT on Friday, 2021-08-27 and will be open through Saturday, 2021-09-11.
The merger with Holicity raised nearly $500,000,000 for Astra to scale its launch business and develop a line of satellites.
Astra’s registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 2021-07-30 includes that Rocket 3.2 reached an altitude of 380 km in 2020-12-01, demonstrating orbital launch capability.
Astra performed two orbital launch attempts of its Rocket 3 vehicle in 2020.
Astra’s Rocket 3.2 vehicle nearly reached orbit on a December 2020 launch but its upper-stage engine shut down prematurely when it exhausted its fuel.
Astra began trading on the Nasdaq exchange on 2021-07-01 after completing a merger with Holicity, a special-purpose acquisition company.
WeltN24 will launch a new free-to-air high-definition channel called BILD in August via SES's ASTRA at 19.2 degrees East.
BILD will be available in HD via SES's ASTRA 19.2 degrees East at frequency 10.964,25 MHz starting August 22.
BILD TV will be the third TV channel distributed via SES's ASTRA satellites.
Ad Astra Rocket Company completed a 28-hour, 82.5 kW firing of its VASIMR® VX-200SS plasma engine on 2021-06-30 at the company’s Texas research facility near Houston.
Several space industry companies announced SPAC deals between October 2020 and March 2021, including AST SpaceMobile and Astra, which have closed.
Astra announced plans on 2021-02-02 to trade on Nasdaq by merging with Holicity, a blank-check company run by cellular industry pioneer Craig McCaw that went public in 2020-08-01.
The merger announced in February will raise nearly $500,000,000 in cash for Astra and turn Astra into a publicly traded company.
Astra has stated it has the resources to execute a plan to build a 100-year company.
Astra raised nearly $500,000,000 in connection with its Nasdaq listing ahead of its first commercial mission this summer.