Tag: DARPA Launch Challenge
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‘Didn’t quite make it’: Data glitch forces Astra to miss out on $2M DARPA Launch Challenge prize
Astra’s rocket stands on its rapid-deployment launch pad on Alaska’s Kodiak Island. (DARPA via YouTube) The once-stealthy California company known as Astra came within 53 seconds of sending up a rocket to try winning a $2 million prize in the DARPA Launch Challenge today, but ended up scrubbing the launch. If Astra’s “One of Three”…
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The clock is running for the DARPA Launch Challenge, with Astra chasing $10M prize
Astra launches a test rocket from Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska in Kodiak. (Astra Photo) The DARPA Launch Challenge has begun, with a once-stealthy space startup called Astra aiming to launch two rockets from an Alaska spaceport within the next month and a half to win a $10 million grand prize. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency…
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The three finalists in the DARPA Launch Challenge include a mystery competitor
An artist’s conception shows multiple rockets lifting off from an oceanside launch complex. (DARPA Illustration) Three teams have qualified to go into the rocket-launching phase of the DARPA Launch Challenge: Vector Launch, Virgin Orbit’s VOX Space subsidiary … and a team to be named later. In making today’s announcement, DARPA said the third team asked to…
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DARPA is zeroing in on Launch Challenge
An artist’s conception shows rockets lifting off from an oceanside launch complex. (DARPA Illustration) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Federal Aviation Administration are winnowing down 18 pre-qualified teams for the DARPA Launch Challenge, a competition with a $10 million grand prize that’s aimed at boosting America’s rapid-response launch capabilities.…