https://astra.com/news/astra-announces-airbus-oneweb-satellites/QuoteASTRA ANNOUNCES SPACECRAFT ENGINE CONTRACT WITH AIRBUS ONEWEB SATELLITESAUGUST 29, 2022ALAMEDA, CA — August 29, 2022. Astra Space, Inc. (“Astra”) (Nasdaq: ASTR), a provider of space products and launch services to the global space industry, today announced that it has been selected by Airbus OneWeb Satellites, LLC (“AOS”) to supply the Astra Spacecraft Engine for integration into the portfolio of Arrow commercial small satellites manufactured by AOS.Airbus OneWeb Satellites LLC is a joint venture between Airbus and OneWeb. AOS manufactures satellites for the OneWeb commercial constellation and Airbus customers in Merritt Island, Florida. AOS is producing satellites for Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc., in support of U.S. government programs.
ASTRA ANNOUNCES SPACECRAFT ENGINE CONTRACT WITH AIRBUS ONEWEB SATELLITESAUGUST 29, 2022ALAMEDA, CA — August 29, 2022. Astra Space, Inc. (“Astra”) (Nasdaq: ASTR), a provider of space products and launch services to the global space industry, today announced that it has been selected by Airbus OneWeb Satellites, LLC (“AOS”) to supply the Astra Spacecraft Engine for integration into the portfolio of Arrow commercial small satellites manufactured by AOS.Airbus OneWeb Satellites LLC is a joint venture between Airbus and OneWeb. AOS manufactures satellites for the OneWeb commercial constellation and Airbus customers in Merritt Island, Florida. AOS is producing satellites for Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc., in support of U.S. government programs.
Testing engines for our new launch system. #AdAstra
https://twitter.com/astra/status/1565376265141440517QuoteTesting engines for our new launch system. #AdAstra
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 09/01/2022 04:31 pmhttps://twitter.com/astra/status/1565376265141440517QuoteTesting engines for our new launch system. #AdAstraWell that's funny. That sure does look like a Reaver (as expected), but that does not appear to be any of the stands at Firefly's Briggs test site. I also can't find any stands at Stennis with that distinctive stepped barrier.
Just as an aside to the static fire video they showed during the investor day presentation. It was mentioned that they built a static fire stand of their own to test the new engine. I was looking around and it looks like they set up shop outside castle airport in Atwater CA. Specifically 2500 Test cell which, based on google maps photos, is identical to the pictures they showed in the presentation. Additionally, In the last image you can see some planes in the background that can also be seen behind the stand on google maps. Astra has also done Rocket 3 static fires at castle airport before.tinyurl.com/mrsp4spd
That looks to me like TEA-TEB burnoff at shutdown. You can see the green flash at ignition as well. This makes sense given that it looks to be a close derivative of Firefly's Reaver, which also uses TEA-TEB.
Quote from: sentinelnorth on 09/02/2022 10:07 pmThat looks to me like TEA-TEB burnoff at shutdown. You can see the green flash at ignition as well. This makes sense given that it looks to be a close derivative of Firefly's Reaver, which also uses TEA-TEB.Makes perfect sense at the beginning but not at all at the end.
TEA-TEB flashes can happen at the end of burn for a variety of reasons. See, for example, this F9 landing. There's two green flashes post-landing; note the one right as Merlin shuts down.
A birds-eye view of our Skyhawk factory here in Alameda, California. #factoryfriday