While the low payload requirements of the Launch Challenge (Astra’s rocket can only lift 150 kg to orbit) means the launcher DARPA is looking for could never carry much of a warhead, the concept ...

A SES/Astra communication satellite will be carried to orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket, lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40. Liftoff is targeted at 5:35 p.m. EDT. But the launch window runs for ...

Astra Space has asked the city of Alameda for a huge break in rents at its industrial headquarters at Alameda Point.

A California-based company, SpinLaunch, is making waves with its innovative satellite launch system, drawing particular ...

NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioAstra, a pioneering force in space medicine and biotechnology, is set to revolutionize human health with the launch of Twin Astra—a first-of-its-kind ...

MOSCOW, November 20. /TASS/. A carrier rocket developed by the American company Astra with a test cargo of the US Space Force has successfully reached orbit, the company reported on its Twitter page.

Astra Space says it’s made a deal with Tukwila, Wash.-based LeoStella to provide multiple electric propulsion systems for LeoStella’s small satellites, with deliveries due to begin later this ...

Investors also have a handful of larger, more established rocket stocks to choose from. Missed your chance to invest in Astra Space? Have no fear. There's still time to invest in Rocket Lab ...

While Rocket Lab didn't come out and say it, it seems the thinning out of competition from other small launchers -- Virgin Orbit, Astra, and ABL -- is giving Rocket Lab pricing power in this market.