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Astra SpaceLaunch FailureTest FlightAstra Rocket 3
Launched 2022-02-10 20:00 UTCSpace Launch Complex 46, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Second stage begun spinning out of control shortly after separation.
From Launch Library 2 · confirmed as a launch failure
Launch failure
Target: Low Earth Orbit
Astra Rocket 3 lifted off with ELaNa 41, but the launch failed.
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Waiting on the Cause
No cause has been given yet. What Astra Space finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
Demonstration mission for NASA as part of the agency's CubeSat Launch Initiative. It includes 4 CubeSats developed by three universities and NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
Astra 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.
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scheduled
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Launch failure confirmed via webcast.
Jay
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Liftoff of Rocket 3.3 carrying 4 nanosats to orbit as part of NASA's 'Educational Launch of Nanosatellites' (ELaNa) program.
Jay
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T-0 confirmed by Astra
Jay
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Delayed to February 10
Nosu
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New launch date tentatively confirmed by new marine space closure notices.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Pushing to a placeholder date until a new window is announced. Scrub caused by a telemetry issue that triggered an automated abort at ignition.
Jay
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Scrub for the day
Jay
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Updated weather
Cosmic_Penguin
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Weather 20% POV
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET February 7
Jay
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Scrub due to range asset
Jay
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Resuming count
SwGustav
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Hold
Jay
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New launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Weather 60%
Nosu
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Weather 70%
Nosu
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Launch date confirmed by Astra.
Cosmic_Penguin
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New launch date per marine space closure notices.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Delayed to February
Nosu
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Reverting to TBD January pending a successful static fire and FAA approval, updating mission name.
Nosu
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New launch date.
Cosmic_Penguin
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launch delayed per latest ATCSCC advisory.
Jay
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Targeting January 23, per the latest ATCSCC advisory.
Nosu
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Launch delayed. Reverting to TBD January.
Nosu
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Adding launch window
Nosu
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NET January 28.
Jay
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Adding launch
SwGustav
Height
11.6m
Diameter
1.3m
To low Earth orbit
100kg
Liftoff thrust
140kN
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