Astra Rocket 3
In-activeAstra Space (AS)
Sept. 12, 2020
Description
Astra Rocket 3.0 is the third version and first orbital version of Astra Space's small satellite launch vehicle. It is designed to carry 100kg in LEO.
Specifications
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Stages
2 -
Length
11.6 m -
Diameter
1.32 m -
Fairing Diameter
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Launch Mass
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Thrust
140.0 kN
Family
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Name
Astra Rocket 3 -
Family
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Variant
3 -
Alias
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Full Name
Astra Rocket 3
Payload Capacity
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Launch Cost
$2500000 -
Low Earth Orbit
100.0 kg -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
25.0 kg
Astra Space
Commercial
CEO: Chris Kemp
AS 2005Astra Space is a launch vehicle company based in San Francisco, California, that develops pump-fed, liquid bipropellant propulsion engines for DARPA and NASA as well as their Astra Rocket launch vehicle.
Astra Rocket 3 | TROPICS-1
Astra Space | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 12, 2022, 5:43 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
First two operational (TROPICS-02 & TROPICS-03) satellites for NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) mission. The CubeSats are designed to provide rapid-refresh microwave measurements that can be used to determine temperature, pressure, and humidity inside hurricanes as they form and evolve.
Low Earth Orbit
Astra Rocket 3 | Spaceflight Astra-1
Astra Space | United States of AmericaPacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA
March 15, 2022, 4:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
S4 CROSSOVER is a technology demonstration mission to obtain flight heritage testing for a prototype payload host platform. It will test supporting future payloads, including a Globalstar transmitter and an Iridium transceiver, as well space environmental instruments to characterize the radiation and plasma densities to which the payloads will be exposed. S4 CROSSOVER is self powered and operates independently of the Astra second stage to which it is permanently attached. Re-manifested from SXRS-6 / Transporter-3, OreSat0 is a fully open source CubeSat satellite system built from scratch by students at Portland State University. Slated to be Oregon’s first satellite, the 1U CubeSat provides flight heritage for the modular, expandable, open source, and education-friendly OreSat bus. OreSat0 paves the way for OreSat, a NASA CSLI program 2U CubeSat with a global climate science and STEM outreach mission.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Astra Rocket 3 | ELaNa 41
Astra Space | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 10, 2022, 8 p.m.
Astra Rocket 3 | STP-27AD2
Astra Space | United States of AmericaPacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA
Nov. 20, 2021, 6:16 a.m.
Astra Rocket 3 | STP-27AD1
Astra Space | United States of AmericaPacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA
Aug. 28, 2021, 10:35 p.m.
Astra Rocket 3.2 | Flight 2
Astra Space | United States of AmericaPacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA
Dec. 15, 2020, 8:55 p.m.
Astra Rocket 3.1 | Maiden Flight
Astra Space | United States of AmericaPacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA
Sept. 12, 2020, 3:19 a.m.
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