Rocket startup Astra had to scrub its first launch for NASA, scheduled for yesterday, Saturday February 5, due to a range asset issue.
Rocket startup Astra had to scrub its first launch for NASA, scheduled for yesterday, Saturday, February 5, due to a range asset issue.
Standing down from today's launch of @NASA's ELaNa 41 mission due to a range asset that went out of service. The team is setting up for next opportunity on Sun., Feb 6. Stay tuned. #AdAstra Chris Kemp, CEO of Astra, posted some more details on the issue, saying, “We are standing down today due to a range equipment failure causing a critical range detection asset to be unavailable to support our launch.
Astra then confirmed that it would delay the launch of the mission until Monday, February 7. An exact time for the new launch has not yet been confirmed, however, judging from the rescheduled livestream, it looks like the launch is likely to go ahead around 1 p.m. ET .
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