SpaceX is looking to break the Space Coast's rare launch drought tonight. A SES/Astra communication satellite will be carried to orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket, lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40.

Finally, on June 25, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will send the GOES-U ... Falcon 9 will launch the @SES_Satellites ASTRA 1P ...

While the low payload requirements of the Launch Challenge (Astra’s rocket can only lift 150 kg to orbit) means the launcher DARPA is looking for could never carry much of a warhead, the concept ...

Despite stiff competition from SpaceX rideshare services and some high-profile failures, ventures are still pursuing small ...

The list includes four launch companies: Virgin Galactic, Virgin Orbit, Astra, and Rocket Lab. Of these, Virgin Orbit has gone bankrupt, and Astra's results were so disastrous that it went private ...

Astra Space, Firefly Space, Northrop Grumman, Relativity Space, Rocket Lab, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance (ULA) and X-Bow. The OSP-4 contract has a $986 million ceiling, and orders are scheduled ...

Astra Space shares were knocked down by more than 20% on Monday after the company's rocket launch over the weekend ended without the vehicle reaching orbit. One of five main engines on the company ...

Astra is also developing Launch System 2, which includes a new rocket, software suite, and ground system, to replace the lightweight Rocket 3 vehicle, which experienced a number of launch failures ...

Fortunes have been decidedly mixed for the space businesses that merged with publicly traded shell companies in search of capital as COVID-19 ravaged the economy. While merging with a special ...

Astra Space gets rocket launch contract from US Space Force Read full article: Astra Space gets rocket launch contract from US Space Force Private company Astra Space has gotten a contract from ...

Ukrainian forces are reported to have struck a Russian military base in the occupied Donetsk region with a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), causing "massive casualties." ...

This has flow on effects, where launch vehicles carrying that fuel ... which has been in development since 2008 in various forms by the Ad Astra Rocket Company. The aim is to operate the thruster ...