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Astra may make 2nd orbital launch attempt this year after test flight failure – Space.com
A software fix may be all that’s needed to get the next Astra rocket ready to fly.
Volume up! Rocket 3.1’s orbital launch attempt pic.twitter.com/nm1bDewdl5September 12, 2020
After a failed launch debut, the space startup Astra may be able to attempt its second orbital test shot before 2020 ends.
The California-based company launched its first orbital test flight
Friday night (Sept. 11), sending its 38-foot-tall (12 meters) Rocket 3.1 vehicle skyward from the Pacific Spaceport Complex on Alaska’s Kodiak Island.
Everything went well with the launch at first. But then Rocke…
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