{"id":8592,"date":"2023-05-17T22:10:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T14:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/astra-space-secures-new-launch-contract-add-on-from-us-department-of-defense\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T22:10:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T14:10:01","slug":"astra-space-secures-new-launch-contract-add-on-from-us-department-of-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/astra-space-secures-new-launch-contract-add-on-from-us-department-of-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Astra Space Secures New Launch Contract Add-On From US Department of Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/astra_cover_638198946746808126.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"Astra Space Secures New Launch Contract Add-On From US Department of Defense\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/astra_cover_638198946746808126.png\" style=\"opacity: 0.503927;\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/astra_cover_638198946746808126.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>Astra Space, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a launch contract add-on for Rocket 4\u2019s first test flight with the U.S. Department of Defense, facilitated by the Defense Innovation Unit. This award is an add-on to Astra\u2019s existing contract with the DIU.<\/p>\n<p>Rocket 4 is designed for a nominal payload capacity of approximately 600 kilograms to a 500 km mid-inclination orbit. The first launch is intended to test the overall operations of Launch System 2, collect flight data prior to re-commencing commercial flight operations, and ensure that Rocket 4 will support future DoD mission requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The DIU works to strengthen America\u2019s national security by accelerating the adoption of leading commercial technology and giving innovative American businesses the opportunity to solve high-impact national security problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is an honor to continue to work with the DoD to support a more resilient national space infrastructure,\u201d said Dr. Tom Williams, Senior Director of Federal Sales at Astra. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to have the support from the DIU on the first launch of Rocket 4.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click Here to Learn More About Astra Space&#8217;s Launch System 2 and Rocket 4.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g33QVBelqwY?&amp;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"fr-draggable\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astra Space, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a launch contract add-on for Rocket 4\u2019s first test flight with the U.S. Department of Defense, facilitated by the Defense Innovation Unit. This award is an add-on to Astra\u2019s existing contract with the DIU. Rocket 4 is designed for a nominal payload capacity of approximately 600 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-8592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-launch"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8592"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}