Author Topic: Astra LV0007 - STP-27AD2 - Kodiak - 20 November 2021 (0616 UTC) (Read 70186 times)

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #80 on:** 11/20/2021 05:27 am »

Flight path.

Happy Astra crew. Time for Astra to have their own section I think!

Perchlorate · « **Reply #81 on:** 11/20/2021 05:27 am »

Congratulations to the newest orbital rocket!

ClayJar · « **Reply #82 on:** 11/20/2021 05:28 am »

Happy birthday, new orbital rocket!

Congrats, Astra.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #83 on:** 11/20/2021 05:29 am »

NSF wrapping up. Congratulations to Astra on the successful launch!

The payload will remain attached to the second stage, as expected.

pb2000 · « **Reply #84 on:** 11/20/2021 05:30 am »

Congrats.

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #85 on:** 11/20/2021 05:30 am »

Congratulations to Astra and the rest of the launch campaign!

This includes our NSF webcast team and Steven P and his launch thread coverage!

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #86 on:** 11/20/2021 05:32 am »

Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 11/20/2021 05:29 am

The payload will remain attached to the second stage, as expected.

I saw the the two green lights turn on in the rocket cam view.

Do we have a launch time to the second or microsecond?

RocketLover0119 · « **Reply #87 on:** 11/20/2021 05:34 am »

Congrats Astra! Awesome to see them succeed at last!

Much thanks to NSF for the stream and the return of the legend Steven to host the thread!

Yggdrasill · « **Reply #88 on:** 11/20/2021 05:34 am »

Awesome flight. Congratulations to Astra! Hopefully the first of many successful flights!

Jrcraft · « **Reply #89 on:** 11/20/2021 05:34 am »

Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 11/20/2021 05:27 am

Flight path.

Happy Astra crew. Time for Astra to have their own section I think!

Yes, It's time for one. Especially after tonight.

NaN · « **Reply #90 on:** 11/20/2021 05:35 am »

A big win for Astra, congratulations to them! The launch looked good. A new orbital launch vehicle has arrived.

RocketLover0119 · « **Reply #91 on:** 11/20/2021 05:37 am »

Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 11/20/2021 05:32 am

Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 11/20/2021 05:29 am
The payload will remain attached to the second stage, as expected.
I saw the the two green lights turn on in the rocket cam view.

Do we have a launch time to the second or microsecond?

Before the hold I heard them say 6:04:00, so I imagine it was on the dot at 6:16:00.

Jrcraft · « **Reply #92 on:** 11/20/2021 05:42 am »

Payload deploy lights went on between T+8:59 and T+9:00.

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #93 on:** 11/20/2021 05:43 am »

Also noting this is the second of two successful orbital launches today, November 20 UTC.

Gaofen-11 03, at 01:51 thread,
and this launch.

Bubbinski · « **Reply #94 on:** 11/20/2021 06:01 am »

Congratulations Astra!!

A new small satellite launcher has made orbit. And it’s supposed to be capable of responsive launch from multiple sites on short notice. I could see the DoD making use of this.

tyrred · « **Reply #95 on:** 11/20/2021 06:16 am »

Woot woot! Good show. Congratulations to everyone involved. Go Astra!

cpushack · « **Reply #96 on:** 11/20/2021 06:16 am »

Quote from: Bubbinski on 11/20/2021 06:01 am

Congratulations Astra!!

A new small satellite launcher has made orbit. And it’s supposed to be capable of responsive launch from multiple sites on short notice. I could see the DoD making use of this.

~6 person setup/on-site launch team and everything containerized really helps for making that possible too

Dmitry_V_home · « **Reply #97 on:** 11/20/2021 07:16 am »

It was a long way into orbit! But success comes to the one who goes. My congratulations!

jdon759 · « **Reply #98 on:** 11/20/2021 07:17 am »

Congrats!!

So, now they've achieved orbit, does Astra get its own forum section?

Bananas_on_Mars · « **Reply #99 on:** 11/20/2021 07:24 am »

Quote from: cpushack on 11/20/2021 06:16 am

Quote from: Bubbinski on 11/20/2021 06:01 am
Congratulations Astra!!

A new small satellite launcher has made orbit. And it’s supposed to be capable of responsive launch from multiple sites on short notice. I could see the DoD making use of this.

~6 person setup/on-site launch team and everything containerized really helps for making that possible too

I think they said their „Red Team“ on site is only 4 people. And they transported the team, the rocket and the ground equipment all on the same C-17.