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Spaceflight Astra-1 Mission Gallery

Scroll down the page for downloadable images to be used with attribution. On March 15, 2022 Astra delivered its first customer payloads into Earth orbit for the Spaceflight Astra-1 mission. The photos in the gallery below must be used with their corresponding attribution as noted…

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Astra Receives First Part 450 Launch License from FAA

Photo by John Kraus By Matt Ganser, Vice President of Business Operations Today, we’re proud to announce that Astra is the first company to receive a Part 450 license from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Our ELaNa41 mission for NASA (and first launch out of Cape Canaveral) will be conducted under this license.   Part 450 Part…

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Astra Acquires Apollo Fusion to Reach New Orbits

ALAMEDA, Calif. — June 7. Astra, the fastest privately funded company in history to reach space, announced today its planned acquisition of Apollo Fusion in a transaction valued up to $145 million. Apollo Fusion manufactures a leading electric propulsion engine. This acquisition allows Astra to…

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Astra & Apollo: Reaching New Orbits Together

By Benjamin Lyon — Today, we announced that Astra will acquire Apollo Fusion. This acquisition enables Astra to efficiently deliver and operate throughout our solar system, and brings incredible technology and talent into our team. So, what is this all really about? At Astra we’re…

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Astra Announces Multi-Launch Contract with Planet

ALAMEDA, Calif. — May 19. Astra, the fastest privately funded company in history to reach space, named Planet, the leading provider of global, daily satellite imagery and geospatial solutions, as a holder of a multi-launch contract, with plans to begin launching in the near future.…

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Astra CFO to Participate in Upcoming Virtual Investor Event

ALAMEDA, Calif. May, 13, 2021--Astra Space Inc. (“Astra”), the fastest privately-funded company in history to demonstrate orbital launch capability, today announced that Kelyn Brannon, CFO, will participate in the Susquehanna Space Industry Conference. Astra and Holicity Inc. (Nasdaq: HOL), a publicly-traded special purchase acquisition company,…

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