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Hayate · « **Reply #640 on:** 01/05/2022 03:06 pm »

And I see that Astra have FAA license only for launches from Alaska, does that mean that we can't wait launches from Cape any time soon?

Kryten · « **Reply #641 on:** 01/05/2022 04:24 pm »

Quote from: Hayate on 01/05/2022 03:06 pm

And I see that Astra have FAA license only for launches from Alaska, does that mean that we can't wait launches from Cape any time soon?

Launch licenses are only published when actually granted, it's perfectly possible they have one that will go through tomorrow. They've appeared only a few days before launches before.

Hayate · « **Reply #642 on:** 01/05/2022 06:11 pm »

Quote from: Kryten on 01/05/2022 04:24 pm

Quote from: Hayate on 01/05/2022 03:06 pm
And I see that Astra have FAA license only for launches from Alaska, does that mean that we can't wait launches from Cape any time soon?
Launch licenses are only published when actually granted, it's perfectly possible they have one that will go through tomorrow. They've appeared only a few days before launches before.

And we got license just now.

FlattestEarth · « **Reply #643 on:** 01/06/2022 03:44 am »

Quote from: Hayate on 01/05/2022 06:11 pm

Quote from: Kryten on 01/05/2022 04:24 pm
Quote from: Hayate on 01/05/2022 03:06 pm
And I see that Astra have FAA license only for launches from Alaska, does that mean that we can't wait launches from Cape any time soon?
Launch licenses are only published when actually granted, it's perfectly possible they have one that will go through tomorrow. They've appeared only a few days before launches before.
And we got license just now.

https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/licenses_permits/media/Astra%20License%20Orders%20VOL%2022-124%20Pre-Flight%20SLC46_2022-01-04.pdf

Fmedici · « **Reply #644 on:** 01/07/2022 01:48 pm »

From Spaceflight Now:

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Another launch is scheduled for Jan. 18 from pad 46, when the small satellite launch company Astra plans to send a handful of CubeSats into orbit for NASA. It will be the first launch of Astra’s smallsat rocket from Cape Canaveral.

Conexion Espacial · « **Reply #645 on:** 01/07/2022 05:01 pm »

FCC license for the launch of Astra
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/STA_Print.cfm?mode=current&application_seq=112080

Hayate · « **Reply #646 on:** 01/07/2022 05:04 pm »

Quote from: Conexion Espacial on 01/07/2022 05:01 pm

FCC license for the launch of Astra
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/STA_Print.cfm?mode=current&application_seq=112080

Only Alaska mentioned. Nothing about Florida.

Celeste_El · « **Reply #647 on:** 01/07/2022 06:30 pm »

Quote from: Hayate on 01/07/2022 05:04 pm

Quote from: Conexion Espacial on 01/07/2022 05:01 pm
FCC license for the launch of Astra
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/STA_Print.cfm?mode=current&application_seq=112080
Only Alaska mentioned. Nothing about Florida.

Its for one of their launches later this year not the one coming up out of the cape. With this approval, they have 5 pending. Here's a spreadsheet I threw together of their current or pending FCC filings with their associated windows of operation.

JoeWakefield · « **Reply #648 on:** 01/08/2022 08:08 pm »

LV0008 is vertical
https://twitter.com/baserunner0723/status/1479922338162515972?s=21

kdhilliard · « **Reply #649 on:** 01/09/2022 03:28 am »

Quote from: JoeWakefield on 01/08/2022 08:08 pm

LV0008 is vertical

First Astra rocket vertical in Florida at SLC-46 · Seth Kurkowski · 8 January 2022 · Space Explored.

The article includes an ocean-side photo of the pad, also by Jared Locke.

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #650 on:** 01/09/2022 06:08 pm »

Wet Dress Rehearsal or WDR and Static Fire?

cpushack · « **Reply #651 on:** 01/09/2022 06:34 pm »

It looks so small in comparison to the pad infrastructure around it

Skyrocket · « **Reply #652 on:** 01/09/2022 07:16 pm »

Quote from: cpushack on 01/09/2022 06:34 pm

It looks so small in comparison to the pad infrastructure around it

Because it is a really small launch vehicle.

harrystranger · « **Reply #653 on:** 01/09/2022 11:21 pm »

Another photo from today.
https://twitter.com/baserunner0723/status/1480265167946633216?s

Conexion Espacial · « **Reply #654 on:** 01/10/2022 06:47 pm »

Launch window for LV0008 | VCLS Demo 2 is 18:00-21:00 UTC (1pm - 4pm EST)
https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/

Robotbeat · « **Reply #655 on:** 01/10/2022 07:17 pm »

Quote from: Conexion Espacial on 01/10/2022 06:47 pm

Launch window for LV0008 | VCLS Demo 2 is 18:00-21:00 UTC (1pm - 4pm EST)
https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/

january 18th, 2022.

Conexion Espacial · « **Reply #656 on:** 01/11/2022 07:11 pm »

Astra is on track to test its LV0008 vehicle with a static fire test at LC-46.https://twitter.com/vishaldalmia/status/1480555064540471302

Ken the Bin · « **Reply #657 on:** 01/12/2022 04:51 pm »

From the latest FAA ATCSSC Operations Plan:

Quote from: FAA

PRIMARY 18/1800-2137Z -ASTRA3.3 BACKUP 19-22/1800-2137Z

https://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/adv_otherdis.jsp?advn=16&adv_date=01122022&facId=DCC&title=OPERATIONS+PLAN&titleDate=01/12/22

Ken the Bin · « **Reply #658 on:** 01/13/2022 04:22 am »

I created a topic for Astra LV0008 at https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=55588.0.

Celeste_El · « **Reply #659 on:** 01/24/2022 01:04 am »

https://twitter.com/Astra/status/1484165072788230150

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"Astra's launching 3 satellites for NASA this summer out of Cape Canaveral as part of the TROPICS program to help us better understand tropical storms.
-Kemp

Kemp confirming that TROPICS will be flying out of the cape. It was looking like they wouldn't end up flying out of Kwaj and this is just confirmation of that.