Astra has demonstrated the rocket’s key systems, but they still haven’t sent a payload into orbit. In fact, at this point they haven’t even flown a second stage yet; the sub-orbital flights ...

After yet another scrub on Wednesday afternoon, SpaceX successfully launched the Astra ... 2 mission on Sunday, June 23, from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40. When is the next Florida ...

A carrier rocket developed by the American company Astra with a test cargo of the US ... over to Israel via Qatar by 4:00 p.m. local time (2:00 p.m. GMT) but this has not been done until now ...

While Rocket Lab didn't come out and say it, it seems the thinning out of competition from other small launchers -- Virgin Orbit, Astra ... can compete on the world stage. The second didn't ...