California startup Astra has failed in its effort to deploy four small satellites into orbit after its rocket spun out of control minutes after launch.
California startup Astra has failed in its effort to deploy four small satellites into orbit after the upper stage of its rocket spun out of control minutes after launch.
Nine minutes later, NASA’s livestream presenter confirmed that Astra’s debut launch for NASA had failed to deliver the satellites to orbit. We experienced an issue during today's flight that resulted in the payloads not being delivered to orbit.
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