We can confirm the successful deployment of the satellites on Spaceflight's Astra-1 mission today. We are grateful to our partner @spaceflightinc and incredibly proud of this mission success. #AdAstra
— Astra (@Astra) March 15, 2022
I would be surprised if they are still going by then after that kind of gap.![]()
Astra cancels Rocket 3 to focus on larger vehicle
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 u…spacenews.com
The market is not taking kindly to space company delays:
— Michael Sheetz (@thesheetztweetz) August 5, 2022
Astra $ASTR stock down 18% today after halting launches until at least 2023, after an unexpected early pivot away from its Rocket 3.3 series to focus on developing Rocket 4.0.https://t.co/RRCuPPHgrL
Astra reported first quarter revenues of $0 and a net loss of $44.9 million. It has $62.7 million of cash and equivalents remaining, decreasing to $30-33 million by the end of the second quarter, the company projects. https://t.co/VJhZzFb4rR
— Jeff Foust (@jeff_foust) May 15, 2023
RocketLab looks solid, they by now clearly know what they're doing.Oh dear not another space company potentially biting the bullet due to low financial income and increased competition. I don't want it to be just SpaceX and Blue Origin that are the survivors.
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Astra, low on cash, defaults on loan
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.spacenews.com
Looking back over an Astra deck from Aug '21... they told investors SpaceX would complete less than 30 launches per year.... pic.twitter.com/gqW9vFTbdx
— Aria Alamalhodaei (@breadfrom) March 7, 2024
How many of these were Starlink launches ?SpaceX in 2023 launch 96 times a Falcon 9,
62 Launches were for Starlink.How many of these were Starlink launches ?