{"id":23077,"date":"2020-12-05T23:50:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T15:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/astra-hopes-to-go-orbital-on-next-rocket-launch-attempt-from-alaska-as-soon-as-december-10\/"},"modified":"2020-12-05T23:50:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T15:50:12","slug":"astra-hopes-to-go-orbital-on-next-rocket-launch-attempt-from-alaska-as-soon-as-december-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/astra-hopes-to-go-orbital-on-next-rocket-launch-attempt-from-alaska-as-soon-as-december-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Astra hopes to go orbital on next rocket launch attempt from Alaska as soon as December 10"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Back in early March, a small satellite launch company called Astra attempted to launch its first orbital rocket as part of the DARPA Launch Challenge. Launch conditions weren\u2019t cooperative, however, and the launch attempt was scrubbed. Months later, Astra returned to Kodiak, Alaska, for another launch attempt.<\/p>\n

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The September launch of Rocket 3.1 was successful to some degree as the rocket did leave the ground and began heading for orbit. However, early in the flight, problems started to arise with the rocket\u2019s guidance system. This issue ultimately caused the rocket to drift off-course, shutdown, and crash back on Earth before ever reaching orbit.<\/p>\n

More recently, Astra announced that they would be making a third launch attempt as early as December 7. \u201cAs we\u2019ve always said, we expect it to take three flights to make it to orbit,\u201d Astra positioned. It appears Astra is going with the \u201cthird times the charm\u201d mentality when it comes to finally reaching orbit \u2014 not unlike SpaceX.<\/p>\n

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