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• Growing pains for smallsat propulsion SpaceNews · 31 Jul 2024 Astra Space seemed poised to dominate the smallsat propulsion landscape. Its 2021 acquisition of Apollo Fusion positioned the Northern California company as a favored partner among prime contractors building satellites
• Astra Space Ends Public Trading Era, Goes Private in Deal with Founders The Launch Pad · 24 Jul 2024 Astra Space Ends Public Trading Era, Goes Private in Deal with Founders
• Astra completes deal to go private SpaceNews · 19 Jul 2024 Astra Space ended more than three years as a public company July 18 by completing a deal to take the company private at a tiny fraction of what it was once valued at.
• Astra consolidates facilities SpaceNews · 4 Jun 2024 Astra Space, still low on cash as it works to finalize a deal to take the company private, is consolidating its operations at its headquarters less than two years after expanding into a new facility.
• Astra considered bankruptcy as it struggled to raise cash SpaceNews · 19 Apr 2024 Spacecraft propulsion and launch vehicle company Astra Space considered filing for bankruptcy several times in recent months as the company struggled to raise cash.
• Astra agrees to go private SpaceNews · 7 Mar 2024 Spacecraft propulsion and launch company Astra Space has accepted a proposal from its founders to take the company private after previously warning its only other alternative was bankruptcy.
• Astra Secures $2.7M In Funding As Future Still Unclear The Launch Pad · 29 Nov 2023 Astra Space has successfully raised $2.7 million from existing investors, according to a filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
• Astra secures $2.7 million in additional financing SpaceNews · 27 Nov 2023 Launch vehicle and spacecraft propulsion company Astra Space raised $2.7 million from investors as it continues to work on a long-term funding deal that could take the company private.
• Investors grant Astra extension on loan SpaceNews · 18 Nov 2023 Investors in launch vehicle and spacecraft propulsion company Astra Space have given the company a four-day extension on a loan to provide the company more time to line up a longer-term funding deal.
• Astra founders offer to take company private SpaceNews · 9 Nov 2023 Two founders of Astra Space have offered to take the launch vehicle and spacecraft propulsion company private for nearly $30 million.
• Astra secures interim financing deal SpaceNews · 6 Nov 2023 WASHINGTON — Launch vehicle and spacecraft propulsion company Astra Space said Nov. 6 that it has secured interim financing from two investors that gives the company through the end of
• Astra, low on cash, defaults on loan SpaceNews · 4 Nov 2023 Dwindling cash reserves caused launch vehicle and spacecraft propulsion company Astra Space to default on a loan at the end of October, adding to doubts about the company’s future.
• Astra lays off, reassigns employees as it refocuses on satellite propulsion SpaceNews · 5 Aug 2023 Astra Space announced Aug. 4 it has laid off a quarter of its workforce and reassigned others from launch vehicle to satellite propulsion development as its cash reserves dwindle.
• Astra to raise up to $65 million in stock sale SpaceNews · 10 Jul 2023 Faced with dwindling cash and a stock delisting, Astra Space announced plans July 10 to perform a reverse split of its stock and sell up to $65 million of it.
• Astra, Exotrail win satellite propulsion orders SpaceNews · 28 Apr 2023 Astra Space and Exotrail have won orders for satellite electric propulsion systems as they work to scale up production of those products.
• Ursa Major to supply upper-stage engine for Astra’s new rocket SpaceNews · 24 Apr 2023 Rocket propulsion startup Ursa Major announced April 24 that Astra Space selected the company’s Hadley liquid engine to power the upper stage of its new Rocket 4 launch vehicle.
• Astra wins $11.5 million contract to launch military experimental payloads SpaceNews · 22 Apr 2023 Astra Space won a task order worth $11.5 million to launch experimental payloads for the Defense Department’s Space Test Program.
• Astra Investigating Potential Illegal Short Selling As Delisting Deadline Approaches The Launch Pad · 10 Mar 2023 Astra Space (Nasdaq: ASTR) is investigating potential illegal short selling of the company's stock weeks as the April 4th delisting deadline approaches.
• Astra lays off 16% to focus on spacecraft thrusters and new rocket SpaceNews · 9 Nov 2022 Astra Space is laying off one-sixth of its workforce, a move the company’s leadership says is needed to focus its resources on production of spacecraft electric thrusters and development of a new launch vehicle.
• NASA and Astra modify TROPICS launch contract SpaceNews · 29 Sep 2022 NASA and Astra Space have revised a launch contract originally awarded for the launch of a cubesat constellation after Astra retired the launch vehicle that would have launched those spacecraft.
• Astra to sell electric thrusters to Airbus OneWeb Satellites SpaceNews · 30 Aug 2022 Astra Space announced Aug. 29 it won a contract from Airbus OneWeb Satellites to provide electric propulsion systems for the Arrow line of small satellites.
• Astra cancels Rocket 3 to focus on larger vehicle SpaceNews · 4 Aug 2022 Astra Space announced Aug. 4 it is canceling its existing small launch vehicle after its most recent failure and will focus instead on a much larger vehicle that may not be ready to fly customers until 2024.
• NASA Offers Earth Scientist Interviews Ahead of TROPICS Mission NASA · 9 Jun 2022 NASA and Astra Space are targeting no earlier than Sunday, June 12, for the first launch of NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) mis...
• Astra ready for first of three NASA TROPICS launches SpaceNews · 9 Jun 2022 Astra Space is preparing to conduct the first of three launches of NASA cubesats to monitor tropical storms as soon as June 12, pending receipt of a launch license.
• Astra wins order for electric thrusters from LeoStella SpaceNews · 12 Apr 2022 Astra Space announced April 12 an order of electric thrusters by LeoStella, part of the company’s efforts to move beyond launch.
• Swarm launched satellites on Astra mission SpaceNews · 22 Mar 2022 Swarm Technologies was the unidentified customer of an Astra Space launch this month that placed 16 of its tiny satellites into orbit.
• Astra gears up for next launch, signs Spaceflight contract SpaceNews · 14 Mar 2022 Astra Space says it will attempt its next Rocket 3.3 launch as soon as March 14 as the first flight in a multi-launch contract with Spaceflight.
• Astra blames launch failure on wiring error and software flaw SpaceNews · 8 Mar 2022 Astra Space said March 7 it identified two problems that led to the failure of a launch last month as the company gears up for a new launch that may be imminent.
• Astra aborts launch attempt SpaceNews · 7 Feb 2022 Astra Space aborted and then scrubbed a launch of its Rocket 3.3 small launch vehicle Feb. 7 seconds before liftoff.
• Astra finalizes plans for first Florida launch SpaceNews · 1 Feb 2022 Astra Space will launch four NASA-sponsored cubesats on its Rocket 3.3 vehicle as soon as Feb. 5 on a mission that will be the first to use a streamlined set of commercial launch regulations.
• Astra to perform next launch from Cape Canaveral SpaceNews · 6 Dec 2021 Small launch vehicle developer Astra Space announced Dec. 6 that it will conduct its next launch from a pad at Cape Canaveral in January, carrying a set of cubesats for NASA.
• Astra ready for commercial operations after first successful launch SpaceNews · 22 Nov 2021 After reaching orbit for the first time, Astra Space executives said they are ready to begin commercial operations of their small launch vehicle and scale up production, while also preparing to test a new vehicle next ye...
• Astra’s Rocket 3.3 reaches orbit on fourth attempt SpaceNews · 20 Nov 2021 Astra Space’s Rocket 3.3 successfully reached orbit on a Nov. 20 launch, the fourth orbital launch attempt by the small launch vehicle startup.
• Astra successfully makes orbit on fourth attempt NASASpaceflight · 18 Nov 2021 Smallsat launch startup Astra Space has now joined the short list of companies with a successful orbital rocket. The launch window for the mission, number LV0007, opened on November 18 (November 19 UTC), but a first laun...
• Astra says focus is on launch as it files application for satellite constellation SpaceNews · 12 Nov 2021 A week after a filing an application with the FCC for a constellation of more than 13,000 satellites, Astra Space executives said that their near-term focus remains on developing their launch capabilities.
• Astra files FCC application for 13,600-satellite constellation SpaceNews · 5 Nov 2021 Small launch vehicle developer Astra Space filed an application with the FCC Nov. 4 to deploy a constellation of more than 13,600 satellites that would provide broadband services.
• Astra announces launch contract with Spire SpaceNews · 12 Aug 2021 Small launch vehicle developer Astra Space announced Aug. 12 it has a contract with Spire Global to launch some of that company’s smallsats.
• ABL, Astra, Relativity selected to compete for U.S. Space Force responsive launch contracts SpaceNews · 9 Aug 2021 ABL Space Systems Corp, Astra Space and Relativity Space will join a pool of launch providers that are eligible to compete for missions awarded under the U.S. Space Force Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4.
• NASA Awards Launch Service Contract for TROPICS Mission to Study Storm Processes NASA · 26 Feb 2021 NASA has selected Astra Space Inc. to provide a launch service for the agency’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) mission.
• Astra narrowly misses reaching orbit on second launch SpaceNews · 15 Dec 2020 Small launch vehicle developer Astra Space fell just short of reaching orbit on its second launch attempt Dec. 15, but the company is “beyond ecstatic” with the performance of the rocket.