Tag: Craig McCaw
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Astra Space launches its first day of public trading with backing from Craig McCaw and Bill Gates
Astra’s Rocket 3.2 sits on its Alaska launch pad before its liftoff in December 2020. (Astra Photo / John Kraus) A California-based space venture called Astra marked its first day as a publicly traded company today, completing a financial transition in which Seattle-area telecom pioneer Craig McCaw played a key role. Astra went public on…
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After getting a boost from Craig McCaw, Astra rocket venture gets set to go public on July 1
Astra’s Rocket 3.1 blasts off from the company’s launch complex in Alaska. (Astra Photo) Astra, the California-based space startup that’s aiming to merge with a blank-check company founded by Seattle telecom pioneer Craig McCaw, has set a July 1 target date to go public on Nasdaq. That’s the word from Chris Kemp, Astra’s founder, chairman…
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How telecom pioneer Craig McCaw hitched up with Astra rocket venture in $2.1B deal
Astra’s Rocket 3.1 blasts off from the company’s launch complex in Alaska. (Astra Photo) Back in the 1990s, cellular telecom pioneer Craig McCaw bought into a vision of ubiquitous wireless service via a constellation of satellites, with an assist from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Almost a quarter-century later, McCaw’s Teledesic venture is long-dead, but the…