Astra returns to flight with Alaska launch
Posted: Sun, Mar 20, 2022, 1:20 PM ET (1720 GMT)
Astra successfully launched payloads for three customers Tuesday in the return to flight of its Rocket 3.3 vehicle. The rocket lifted off from Kodiak Island, Alaska, at 12:22 pm EDT (1622 GMT) and the company confirmed a successful delivery of the payloads to sun-synchronous orbit an hour later. The vehicle carried a student-built cubesat and a payload for NearSpace Launch that remained attached to the upper stage as planned. A third, unidentified customer had one or more payloads on the vehicle. The launch was the first for Astra since the failure of a Feb. 10 launch carrying four cubesats sponsored by NASA.
Astra successfully launched payloads for three customers Tuesday in the return to flight of its Rocket 3.3 vehicle. The rocket lifted off from Kodiak Island, Alaska, at 12:22 pm EDT (1622 GMT) and the company confirmed a successful delivery of the payloads to sun-synchronous orbit an hour later. The vehicle carried a student-built cubesat and a payload for NearSpace Launch that remained attached to the upper stage as planned. A third, unidentified customer had one or more payloads on the vehicle. The launch was the first for Astra since the failure of a Feb. 10 launch carrying four cubesats sponsored by NASA.
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