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Astra Space

US
commercialFounded 2016
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Astra executives set a goal to perform hundreds of launches per year at a price per launch as low as $1,000,000.

Mentioned as: Astra SpaceNarrative PlanFeb 8, 2020Astra unveils plans for frequent, low-cost launches

Astra is developing a small launch vehicle identified on its website as Rocket 3.0.

Mentioned as: AstraTechnical ProductFeb 8, 2020Astra unveils plans for frequent, low-cost launches

DARPA selected Astra, Vector, and Virgin Orbit as finalists for the DARPA Launch Challenge in April 2019.

Mentioned as: Astra SpaceNarrative GeneralFeb 8, 2020Astra unveils plans for frequent, low-cost launches

Astra can win an additional $10,000,000 in the DARPA Launch Challenge if it performs a second launch from a separate location within weeks of the first.

Mentioned as: Astra SpaceOrg RelationshipFeb 8, 2020Astra unveils plans for frequent, low-cost launches

Astra received a launch license from the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation on 2020-01-09 for a mission from Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska.

Mentioned as: Astra SpaceOrg RelationshipFeb 8, 2020Astra unveils plans for frequent, low-cost launches

Astra filed a request for special temporary authority with the FCC on 2020-01-06 seeking permission for S-band telemetry for a launch from Wallops during a six-month period starting 2020-03-01 in support of the DARPA challenge.

Mentioned as: Astra SpaceOrg RelationshipFeb 8, 2020Astra unveils plans for frequent, low-cost launches

Astra is the sole remaining team in the DARPA Launch Challenge and can win $2,000,000 for placing a DARPA-supplied payload into space on the first launch.

Mentioned as: astraTechnical ProductFeb 8, 2020Astra unveils plans for frequent, low-cost launches

Astra operates a 250,000-square-foot factory at the former naval air station that serves as the company’s home.

Mentioned as: Astra SpaceOrg RelationshipFeb 8, 2020Astra unveils plans for frequent, low-cost launches

Astra plans its first orbital launch later 2020-02 as part of a DARPA Challenge to develop small, mobile launch services.

Mentioned as: Astra SpaceOrg RelationshipFeb 1, 2020Welcome to Astra

Astra redeveloped the Alameda Naval Air Station into a 20-acre campus serving as a fully integrated rocket development, manufacturing, and test facility just outside San Francisco.

Mentioned as: AstraTechnical ProductFeb 1, 2020Welcome to Astra

Astra is developing mobile launch capability that can be loaded into standard shipping containers and launched from any approved site worldwide.

Mentioned as: AstraTechnical ProductFeb 1, 2020Welcome to Astra

The FAA website lists a 2018-11-29 launch by Astra of its "Astra Rocket 2" from Alaska with no payload listed.

Mentioned as: AstraTechnical ProductDec 6, 2018Astra Space suborbital launch fails

Astra performed an initial suborbital launch from Kodiak on 2018-07-20 that the FAA characterized as suffering an unspecified "mishap."

Mentioned as: Astra SpaceNarrative GeneralDec 6, 2018Astra Space suborbital launch fails

The FAA issued a launch license on 2018-10-15 to Astra Space Inc. authorizing a suborbital flight of its "Rocket 2" vehicle from Launch Pad 2 at the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska.

Mentioned as: Astra SpaceNarrative GeneralDec 6, 2018Astra Space suborbital launch fails

Vector performed operations tests at Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska prior to the Astra Space launch ahead of a planned first launch of its Vector-R rocket from the site later 2018.

Mentioned as: Astra SpaceNarrative GeneralJul 27, 2018Alaska launch shrouded in secrecy

The Astra Space 2018-07-20 launch does not appear in the list of licensed launches maintained by the FAA’s AST on its public website, even though that list includes launches since the Astra event.

Mentioned as: Astra SpaceTechnical ProductJul 27, 2018Alaska launch shrouded in secrecy

Astra Space had planned to perform a suborbital test flight at the Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska earlier in 2018 but postponed launch attempts and has not announced a new schedule for another test.

Mentioned as: Astra SpaceNarrative GeneralJul 10, 2018Rocket Lab selects four finalists for U.S. launch site
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