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Astra SpaceLaunch FailureEarth ScienceAstra Rocket 3
Launched 2022-06-12 17:43 UTCSpace Launch Complex 46, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Premature second stage shutdown. Cause is not yet known.
From Launch Library 2 · updated
Launch failure
Target: Low Earth Orbit
Astra Rocket 3 lifted off with TROPICS-1, 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.
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.
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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Second stage shut down prematurely resulting in the loss of the mission.
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Liftoff
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Hold released. New T-0 of 17:43 UTC
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Holding again at T-01:30
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Hold released, new T-0 of 16:12 UTC
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Holding due to boats in the hazard area.
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Webcast live
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Weather 40% favourable at the opening of the window, trending towards 10% at the end.
Jay
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T-0 and window confirmed by Astra
Nosu
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Adjusting window
Nosu
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Weather 50% at the beginning of the window, trending towards 20% two hours later.
Nosu
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Adding launch window per NGA notice.
Nosu
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NET June 12
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET June
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET April
Nosu
Height
11.6m
Diameter
1.3m
To low Earth orbit
100kg
Liftoff thrust
140kN
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