Mission description
Space Force test payload contracted through the Defense Innovation Unit’s Other Transaction Agreement with Astra Space.
Launch index
Mission imagery · Astra Rocket 3
Launch Failure
Astra Rocket 3 | STP-27AD1
August 28, 2021 at 10:35 PM UTC
Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA
Launch details
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August 28, 2021 at 10:35 PM UTC
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Launch Pad 3B
Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA · 57.4307, -152.3530
- Rocket
- Astra Rocket 3
- Launch probability
- Not published
- Window opens
- August 28, 2021 at 9:00 PM UTC
- Window closes
- August 29, 2021 at 12:30 AM UTC
- Feed updated
- March 5, 2024 at 6:27 PM UTC
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Astra Rocket 3 STP-27AD1
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Astra Rocket 3
Astra Rocket · 3
Height
11.6 m
Diameter
1.32 m
LEO capacity
100 kg
Successful launches
2
Launch complex
Launch Pad 3B
Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA
The Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska (PSCA), formerly known as the Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC), is a dual-use commercial and military spaceport for sub-orbital and orbital launch vehicles. The facility is owned and operated by the Alaska Aerospace Corporation, a corporation owned by the Government of Alaska, and is located on Kodiak Island in Alaska.
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