Astra Rocket 3 | TROPICS-1

Astra Rocket 3 | TROPICS-1

Space Launch Complex 46
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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Astra Space

Astra Space is a launch vehicle company based in San Francisco, California, that develops pump-fed, liquid bipropellant propulsion engines for DARPA and NASA as well as their Astra Rocket launch vehicle.

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TROPICS-1

First two operational (TROPICS-02 & TROPICS-03) satellites for NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) mission. The CubeSats are designed to provide rapid-refresh microwave measurements that can be used to determine temperature, pressure, and humidity inside hurricanes as they form and evolve.

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Astra Rocket 3


Height 11.60 Meters

Max Stages 2

Mass To GTO 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust 140 kN

Diameter 1.32 Meters

Mass To LEO 100 kg

Liftoff Mass 0 Tonnes


Launch Success 2

Consecutive Success 1

Maiden Flight 2020-09-12

Launch Failures 5


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Jay

2022-06-12T17:56:38+0000

Second stage shut down prematurely resulting in the loss of the mission.

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Jay

2022-06-12T17:43:22+0000

Liftoff

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Jay

2022-06-12T17:31:44+0000

Hold released. New T-0 of 17:43 UTC

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Jay

2022-06-12T16:10:57+0000

Holding again at T-01:30

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Jay

2022-06-12T16:00:55+0000

Hold released, new T-0 of 16:12 UTC

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Jay

2022-06-12T15:56:44+0000

Holding due to boats in the hazard area.

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Jay

2022-06-12T15:30:07+0000

Webcast live

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Jay

2022-06-12T13:29:36+0000

Weather 40% favourable at the opening of the window, trending towards 10% at the end.

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Nosu

2022-06-11T08:24:45+0000

T-0 and window confirmed by Astra

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Nosu

2022-06-11T08:21:40+0000

Adjusting window

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Nosu

2022-06-10T13:39:35+0000

Weather 50% at the beginning of the window, trending towards 20% two hours later.

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Nosu

2022-06-08T13:42:05+0000

Adding launch window per NGA notice.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2022-06-07T02:14:38+0000

NET June 12

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Cosmic_Penguin

2022-04-28T18:41:56+0000

NET June

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Nosu

2022-03-25T21:52:25+0000

NET April

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