November 23, 2024

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Watch Astra launch 2 NASA TROPICS Hurricane Cubes today

Watch Astra launch 2 NASA TROPICS Hurricane Cubes today

Update at 2PM ET: Launch failed – Astra reports that its TROPICS-1 mission ended in failure after shutting down the second stage engine of the 0010 launch vehicle rocket earlier than planned. The rocket was unable to deliver the two diagonal Tropics cubes into NASA’s orbit. Read the full launch failure story.


Astra aims to achieve its second successive success in satellite deployment today.