Astra Space’s Rocket 3.3, an American ultralight rocket, was unable to launch NASA Tropics satellites into orbit due to technical difficulties. interfax referring to the developer’s press service.
The company explained that this was a normal flight of the first stage and that the second stage was shut down prematurely and was unable to deliver the payload to orbit.
The rocket was launched from the 46th launch complex of Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 13:43 US East Coast time (20:43 Moscow time). Weather satellites have been hailed by the company as a breakthrough in tropical storm surveillance.
In March, Astra announced the first successful launch of working satellites, which had failed three times before.
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