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 ...

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 ...

Astra just got some help in getting its new rocket off the ground. The California-based company announced today (Oct. 23) ...