Tag: Rocket 3.2

  • Astra’s smallsat launcher reaches space on second test flight

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    Astra’s Rocket 3.2 takes off from Kodiak Island, Alaska. Credit: Astra / John Kraus On its second test flight Tuesday, Astra’s privately-developed small satellite launcher ran out of fuel seconds before reaching the velocity needed to enter orbit but exceeded the company’s expectations with an otherwise-successful climb into space from Kodiak Island, Alaska. Astra officials…

  • Astra succeeds in reaching space with Rocket 3.2

    Astra succeeds in reaching space with Rocket 3.2

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    Just three months after their first try at reaching orbit fell short, Astra returned to the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska. The improved Rocket 3.2 launch vehicle lifted off on Tuesday, December 15 at 15:55 EST (20:55 UTC). The launch carried no payload, just like Rocket 3.1 in September. The goal of the launch…