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Re: Astra Space
« Reply #80 on: 07/28/2018 06:09 am »
https://spacenews.com/alaska-launch-shrouded-in-secrecy/

Spacenews queried the FAA who said it suffered a mishap:-

In a statement provided by the FAA July 24 in response to a SpaceNews inquiry, it confirmed that the launch took place but that a “mishap” of some kind occurred.

“The Astra Space, Inc. launch from the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska at Kodiak Island on Friday, July 20 experienced a mishap,” the FAA stated. “It was an FAA-licensed launch, and the agency is reviewing the event.”


Sounds like the same thing that happened to the Stratos 3 flight.

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Re: Astra Space
« Reply #81 on: 07/30/2018 05:19 pm »
https://spacenews.com/alaska-launch-shrouded-in-secrecy/

Spacenews queried the FAA who said it suffered a mishap:-

In a statement provided by the FAA July 24 in response to a SpaceNews inquiry, it confirmed that the launch took place but that a “mishap” of some kind occurred.

“The Astra Space, Inc. launch from the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska at Kodiak Island on Friday, July 20 experienced a mishap,” the FAA stated. “It was an FAA-licensed launch, and the agency is reviewing the event.”


Sounds like the same thing that happened to the Stratos 3 flight.
There's also a quote from Craig Campbell of Alaska Aerospace later on:
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“Our customer has requested we not discuss their operations with the press,” he said. “I can confirm that a launch from the Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska occurred on Friday, July 20th and that the customer is very pleased with the outcome of the launch.”

Campbell made no mention of a mishap or other incident taking place during the launch. “While a post-launch team is reviewing the results of the launch, I can state that there was no material damage to our facilities as a result of this launch,” he said. “We look forward to working with this customer to support their next launch from Alaska.”
That mentions no facilities damage, and that the customer is pleased, but does not specifically say what happened to the launch vehicle.

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Re: Astra Space
« Reply #82 on: 08/17/2018 03:26 am »
Astra - 'Stealth' Rocket Startup Testing Boosters In Silicon Valley


Scott Manley
Published on Aug 16, 2018

After finding out there was a company developing a smallsat launch vehicle practically in my backyard I hard to find out more. However the company is still in stealth mode - even calling themselves "Stealth Space Company" on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/stea...) - but between sightings of their booster, public documents, grants and leases I've got a pretty good idea of what their booster is like.

The public rocket views come from a local news station which caught site of the booster in Alameda
https://abc7news.com/technology/sky7-spots-stealthy-space-startup-testing-its-rocket-in-alameda/3097474/





It's Tony De La Rosa, ...I don't create this stuff, I just report it.

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Re: Astra Space
« Reply #83 on: 09/26/2018 03:46 am »
This is old but not here before

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Re: Astra Space
« Reply #84 on: 09/26/2018 05:38 pm »
I got a tour of there recently. Don't think I can say anything other than that they're doing cool things, and I'm excited for their future.

~Jon

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Re: Astra Space
« Reply #85 on: 09/26/2018 07:48 pm »
« Last Edit: 09/27/2018 01:58 am by brussell »

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Re: Astra Space
« Reply #86 on: 09/26/2018 07:50 pm »
Looks different from the first one. Maybe this one is orbital?

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Re: Astra Space
« Reply #87 on: 09/27/2018 09:39 am »
Some screen grabs.
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design #1:  Engineering is done with numbers.  Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

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Re: Astra Space
« Reply #88 on: 09/27/2018 11:24 am »
The US Government must having a fun time keeping an eye on all these start ups hauling and testing small boosters all over the country. 

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Re: Astra Space
« Reply #89 on: 10/11/2018 02:41 pm »
https://www.macon.com/news/business/article219769775.html

Window is 10/12 to 10/16. Some new info on the previous launch.
« Last Edit: 10/11/2018 02:43 pm by brussell »

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Re: Astra Space
« Reply #90 on: 10/12/2018 04:58 am »
Terminated after 21 secs on a suborbital test flight but deemed a success. Hmm.
« Last Edit: 10/12/2018 04:59 am by ringsider »

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Re: Astra Space
« Reply #91 on: 10/12/2018 05:40 am »
Hey, Elon Musk said he would deem the first Falcon Heavy a success if it didn't damage the pad...

Rocketlabs first flight that was also terminated showed them everything they needed to have confidence in the vehicle...

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Re: Astra Space
« Reply #92 on: 10/12/2018 06:17 am »
Hey, Elon Musk said he would deem the first Falcon Heavy a success if it didn't damage the pad...

Rocketlabs first flight that was also terminated showed them everything they needed to have confidence in the vehicle...

I guess any launch you can walk away from is a good one...
With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine - however, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are
going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead.

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Re: Astra Space
« Reply #93 on: 10/13/2018 03:07 am »
Hey, Elon Musk said he would deem the first Falcon Heavy a success if it didn't damage the pad...

A better analog would be Elon Musk declare Falcon 1 flight 2 a successful test even though it didn't reach orbit.

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Re: Astra Space
« Reply #94 on: 10/13/2018 03:21 pm »
Hey, Elon Musk said he would deem the first Falcon Heavy a success if it didn't damage the pad...

Calling a suborbital termination after 21 seconds a success is like giving every child in a class prize for attendance. Sure they learned something by showing up but they are not going to get the scholarship to Harvard...

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Re: Astra Space
« Reply #95 on: 10/13/2018 03:55 pm »
Hey, Elon Musk said he would deem the first Falcon Heavy a success if it didn't damage the pad...

Calling a suborbital termination after 21 seconds a success is like giving every child in a class prize for attendance. Sure they learned something by showing up but they are not going to get the scholarship to Harvard...
Depends on what your test criteria are...
In testing, there's a lot of grey area between failure and success. For operational flights, that line becomes quite thin.
The Vector test flights had a similar burn time IMO...

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Re: Astra Space
« Reply #96 on: 10/13/2018 04:48 pm »
Hey, Elon Musk said he would deem the first Falcon Heavy a success if it didn't damage the pad...

Calling a suborbital termination after 21 seconds a success is like giving every child in a class prize for attendance. Sure they learned something by showing up but they are not going to get the scholarship to Harvard...
Depends on what your test criteria are...
In testing, there's a lot of grey area between failure and success. For operational flights, that line becomes quite thin.
The Vector test flights had a similar burn time IMO...
I agree on the Vector sub-tropospheric flights, and I have a similar opinion of what they demonstrated.
« Last Edit: 10/13/2018 04:49 pm by ringsider »

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Re: Astra Space
« Reply #97 on: 10/15/2018 08:56 pm »
Who knows. Maybe the flight was supposed to last 21.1 seconds.

Hey, Elon Musk said he would deem the first Falcon Heavy a success if it didn't damage the pad...

Calling a suborbital termination after 21 seconds a success is like giving every child in a class prize for attendance. Sure they learned something by showing up but they are not going to get the scholarship to Harvard...

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