Astra Space has won an $11.45 million task order from the U.S. Space Force to launch an ESPA-class space vehicle and other cubesats. Under the contract, which was issued as part of the service branch’s Orbital Services Program-4 vehicle, Astra is responsible for launching Rocket 4 in support of the STP-S29B mission, the Alameda, California-headquartered enterprise said […] More

Alameda, California-based Astra Space has begun trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “ASTR” following the completion of its merger with special purpose acquisition company Holicity. Shareholders in Holicity on Wednesday gave their approval of the deal, and Astra said it will use the $500 million raised from the transaction to further develop its […] More

Astra Space has secured a $7.9 million contract to help NASA launch six CubeSat small satellites designed to help meteorologists study storms. The company's Rocket 3 launch vehicle will carry the smallsats to space as part of the space agency's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats or TROPICS mission, NASA said Saturday.

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Astra Space is slated to conduct its first launch under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Launch Challenge between Tuesday and March 1, GeekWire reported Tuesday.

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Sidus Space has integrated NASA Stennis Space Center's Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications engineering unit into its LizzieSat FlatSat small satellite vehicle in preparation for its upcoming launch. The company said Thursday the integration was completed at its facility in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and involved multiple integration and communications tests to verify the ability to load the ASTRA flight software into the engineering unit.

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Sidus Space, a space services company that specializes in satellite design, manufacturing and data collection, will proceed to the next phase of NASA’s Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications project under a follow-on contract with the space agency. The company said Wednesday that it will work with a team from the Autonomous Systems Laboratory at […] More

Astranis Space Technology will help the U.S. Space Force deploy a military communications waveform with a commercial satellite payload under a potential $10.5 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase III award. John Gedmark, co-founder and CEO of Astranis, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday the company will use its software-based radio technology to support […] More

Astra Space has scheduled a launch window starting Aug. 27 for its pioneer commercial orbital demonstration, where the U.S. Space Force is set to liftoff a test payload for the Space Test Program. The company said Thursday the demonstration is slated to launch from its Kodiak Spaceport in Alaska and it will also conduct a […] More

The U.S. Space Force has tasked Atmosphere and Space Technology Research Associates to build and test a military-grade prototype technology intended to characterize Earth's clouds. ASTRA said Tuesday it will collaborate with Lockheed Martin, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Pumpkin and Atmospheric and Environmental Research to develop the cloud characterization system.

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SpaceX and SEOPS will launch small satellite missions under four task orders awarded by NASA under the Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare launch services contract. SpaceX received three of the four task orders and will provide launch services for the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 satellite as well as the Dione and ARCSTONE satellites under the CubeSat Launch Initiative, the space agency said Wednesday.

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Sidus Space has installed the Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications flight hardware and software version 1.0 on its LizzieSat satellite. The company said Thursday that it was on track to launch the satellite aboard the SpaceX Transporter 10 rocket mission in the first quarter of 2024.

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Astrapi has won a phase two contract under the U.S. Air Force’s Small Business Innovation Research program to produce a software-defined radio prototype that could enable communications and signal processing in space. The Dallas, Texas-based small business said Monday the prototype will utilize its spiral modulation capability in delivering increased data to and from warfighters […] More