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Astra’s small satellite launcher stands vertical at Pacific Spaceport Complex on Kodiak Island, Alaska. Credit: John Kraus/Astra Astra engineers scrubbed a launch attempt Monday at Kodiak Island, Alaska, to assess troubling data from a guidance, navigation and control sensor on the company’s new small satellite launcher, ending a bid to win up to $12 million…

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of Astra’s Rocket 3.0, also known as “1 of 3,” from Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska in the first of two missions planned through DARPA’s Launch Challenge. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. DARPA plans a live webcast of the final countdown and flight of Astra’s Rocket…

Astra employees open the payload fairing last week on the company’s small satellite launcher at Kodiak Island, Alaska, to mate several small payloads ahead of the company’s first orbital launch attempt. Credit: DARPA Some time in the next few days, a California-based company that has quietly toiled to develop a new light-class satellite launcher since…