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Rocket Launched by Space Start-Up Astra Crashes in Alaska – Bloomberg
Observers in Kodiak, Alaska, were treated to some pyrotechnics Friday night, as the start-up Astra Space Inc. tried to reach orbit with its 38-foot-tall rocket for the first time.

The Astra. rocket takes off shortly before crasing in Kodiak, Alaska, on Sept. 12.
Source: Astra Space Inc.
Observers in Kodiak, Alaska, were treated to some pyrotechnics Friday night, as the start-up
Astra Space Inc. tried to reach orbit with its 38-foot-tall rocket for the first time.
Astra’s vehicle took off at 7:19 p.m. local time from the Pacific Spaceport Complex and flew for roughly 30 seconds before veering off course — at which point its engines were remotely shut down. Gravity did…
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