{"id":22321,"date":"2022-01-19T19:57:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T11:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/astras-first-florida-launch-held-up-waiting-for-faa-launch-license\/"},"modified":"2022-01-19T19:57:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T11:57:15","slug":"astras-first-florida-launch-held-up-waiting-for-faa-launch-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/astras-first-florida-launch-held-up-waiting-for-faa-launch-license\/","title":{"rendered":"Astra\u2019s first Florida launch held up waiting for FAA launch license"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Astra will launch NASA\u2019s ELaNa 41 mission from SLC-46 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, hopefully, this month. Onboard will be five CubeSats from NASA and several universities.<\/p>\n

The Educational Launch of Nanosatellites or ELaNa program is NASA\u2019s rideshare program that allows spare space on NASA missions to be filled with payloads from educational institutions in the United States. The program also gives members of NASA\u2019s Venture Class Launch Services program early payloads. This helps stimulate the smallsat launcher industry with customers willing to take higher risk launching on newer rockets.<\/p>\n

That is where Astra fits in, and now we must wait for the FAA to grant a launch license to Astra as Chris Kemp, Astra CEO, stated on social media:<\/p>\n

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